Wickham Court, Layhams Road, Bromley, Greater London
This semi-fortified house was built by Sir Henry Heydon during the reign of Edward IV (1461-83). The three storey building originally had a central courtyard, which has since been roofed over. When it was first built the house had no windows in the outside walls other than the loopholes in the four corner turrets. All the windows looked onto the central courtyard. Windows were put into the outside walls in the 16th century. The house was remodelled after the Civil War and extended in the mid 19th century. In 1935, it was sold and converted into a hotel but was requisitioned by the military during WW2. After the war, the house was again used as a hotel before its conversion into a Catholic training college in 1952.
