Please wait

Menu

Call us today on

01920 830 084

Call us today on 01920 830 084

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS | CORONAVIRUS SAFETY POLICY

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS | CORONAVIRUS SAFETY POLICY

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS | CORONAVIRUS SAFETY POLICY

WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

CORONAVIRUS SAFETY POLICY

Home

Kitchens

Bathrooms

Lifestyle

Areas we cover

Areas we cover in London

4000

4000

FADE

BOTTOM CENTER

1

0

0

0

auto

0

No

0

No

0

0

0

0

0

No

0

Patterned kitchen glass splashbacks from splashbacks of distinction
Bespoke glass shower from splashbacks of distinction
Kitchen glass splashbacks yellow from splashbacks of distinction
External glass fencing around patio from splashbacks of distinction
Kitchen splashback dulux tarragon from splashbacks of distinction
Kitchen glass splashbacks abstract waves from splashbacks of distinction
select image 1
select image 1
select image 1
select image 2
select image 2
select image 2
select image 3
select image 3
select image 3
select image 4
select image 4
select image 4
select image 5
select image 5
select image 5
select image 6
select image 6
select image 6

BUY ONLINE

FREE QUOTE

REQUEST CALL BACK

Glass Splashbacks | Kitchen Splashbacks | Bathroom Splashbacks | Glass Balustrades | Lewisham, London

Based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Splashbacks of Distinction have a real passion for toughened glass in and around the home. We have transformed many properties, both commercial and domestic with our glass splashbacks, for kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms. Our toughened glass balustrades, glass shelving and splashbacks with high resolution images have really caught the imagination of people who demand beauty and functionality in their homes and offices.

Glass splashbacks in Lewisham

Splashbacks of Distinction are a family run, professional business that is based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. We cover a wide area, supplying and fitting many different types of glass products and offer many premium glass related services.

Splashbacks of Distinction are happy to visit your Lewisham property to discuss any glass project you may have. We can help with advice, supply and fitting of your new glass splashback or other glass products.

A little about Lewisham

Lewisham is an area of southeast London, six miles south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the historic county of Kent until 1889. It is identified in the London Plan as one of thirty five major centres in Greater London, with a large shopping centre and street market.

The Prime Meridian passes through Lewisham. Blackheath, Goldsmiths, University of London and Millwall Football Club are located within the borough.

The borough of Lewisham was formed in 1965, by the London Government Act 1963, as an amalgamation of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham and the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford, which had been created in 1900 as divisions of the County of London.

Minor boundary changes have occurred since its creation. The most significant amendments were made in 1996, when the former area of the Royal Docks in Deptford was transferred from the London Borough of Greenwich.

History of Lewisham

The earliest written reference to Lewisham is 'liofshema'. This spelling is from a charter from 862 written in Old English which established the boundaries with neighbouring Bromley.

Lewisham is sometimes said to have been founded, according to Bede, by a pagan Jute Leof, who settled, after burning his boat near St Mary's Church in Ladywell, where the ground was drier, in the 6th century, but there appears to be no solid proof for this speculation, and there is no such passage in Bede's history.

The origin of the Lewisham name was written about in 1796. The report stated that, in the most ancient Saxon records this place is called Levesham, that is, the house among the meadows; leswe, laes, laese, or laesew, in the Saxon, signifies a meadow, and ham, a dwelling. A Latin legal record dated 1440 mentions a place in Kent as Levesham which may refer to Lewisham. It is now written, as well in parochial and other records as in common usage, Lewisham.

"Leofshema" was an important settlement at the confluence of the rivers Quaggy and Ravensbourne, so the original village of Lewisham expanded north into the wetter area as drainage techniques improved.

The legendary King Alfred was Lord of the Manor of Lewisham, as is celebrated by a plaque in Lewisham Library.

The Manor of Lewisham, with its appendages of Greenwich and Combe, was given by Elthruda, King Alfred's niece, to the Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent in a Charter dated 18th September around 918, of which Lewisham then became a cell, or an alien priory. This grant is said to have been confirmed by King Edgar in 964, and by Edward the Confessor in 1044, with the addition of many privileges.

In the middle of the 17th century, the then vicar of Lewisham, Abraham Colfe, built a grammar school, a primary school and six almshouses for the inhabitants.

In the 17th century the Manor of Lewisham was purchased by George Legge, later Baron Dartmouth. His son William was raised by Queen Anne to several positions of honour and trust, and was a member of her privy council; and on 5 September 1711, was ennobled as Viscount Lewisham, and Earl of Dartmouth. His grandson George, Lord Dartmouth, obtained the privilege of holding a fair twice a year, and a market twice a week, upon Blackheath in the parish of Lewisham. The fair used to be held on 12 May and 11 October, but in 1772 it was discontinued, by the Earl of Dartmouth, as lord of the manor.

Religion played a central theme in Lewisham

The village of Lewisham had its centre in its southern part, around the parish church of St Mary, towards the present site of University Hospital Lewisham. The centre migrated north with the coming of the North Kent line to Dartford in 1849, encouraging much commuter housing. The Official Illustrated Guide to South-Eastern and North and Mid-Kent Railways of June 1863, by George Measom, describes Lewisham as follows: "Lewisham Station, situated on the slope of an eminence amidst picturesque scenery, beautiful green meadows rising abruptly to the summit of the hill on the left, dotted with handsome residences and gardens, while the Common is seen intersected by various crossroads and studded with country inns and houses on the low ground or valley to the right. The area of the parish of Lewisham is 5,789 acres... Lord of the manor, the Earl of Dartmouth to whom it gives the title Viscount."

Lewisham was administratively part of Kent until 1889, and then formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham in the County of London until 1965.

Lewisham is hit by a flying bomb

The town centre of Lewisham was hit by a V-1 flying bomb, colloquially termed a 'doodlebug' in 1944: there were over three hundred casualties including fifty one fatalities, and it devastated the high street, which was fully restored by the middle of the 1950s. This horrific event is commemorated by a plaque outside the Lewisham Shopping Centre. The plaque was on the pavement outside the Marks & Spencer store in the main shopping precinct. However, suffering wear and tear, the local authority arranged for it to be mounted to the facade.

A record breaking store for Lewisham

In 1955 Sainsbury's opened a store in Lewisham which was reported to be Europe's largest self-service supermarket, with 7,500 square feet of retail space, although the one now incorporated in the 1977 shopping centre is much smaller. The area at the north end of the High Street was pedestrianised in 1994. It is home to a daily street market and a local landmark, the clock tower, completed in 1900 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The police station, opened in 2004 to replace the station in Ladywell, is one of the largest in Europe.

Lewisham Cricket Club was one of the most prestigious London sides during the Victorian era. From 1864 they played at Lewisham Cricket Ground, which lay north of Ladywell Road, until its closure later in the 19th century. Lewisham Swimming Club was also very successful, with several of its members representing England at water polo and other gymkhana events. During the First World War, Lewisham Hospital's infirmary became the Lewisham Military Hospital, and during the Second World War the hospital was hit by a V-1 flying bomb, which destroyed two wards, injured seventy people and killed one very unfortunate nurse.

Railway disaster hits Lewisham

Lewisham is the site of one of the worst disasters on the British railway network in the 20th century. On 4 December 1957 a crowded steam-hauled passenger express headed for the Kent coast overran signals at danger in thick fog near St John's station and crashed into a stationary electric train for the Hayes branch line. The force of the impact brought down an overhead railway bridge onto the wreckage below. An electric multiple unit about to cross the bridge towards Nunhead managed to pull up in time. Ninety passengers and crew died in the accident.

Civil unrest in Lewisham

In 1977, the Battle of Lewisham, as it became to be referred to, saw five hundred members of the National Front, who were attempting to march through the area, and their police escort, attacked by more than four thousand counter-demonstrators.

The Docklands Light Railway was extended to Lewisham in 1999. Molesworth Street widened to create a bypass around the shopping area as part of the "Lewisham 2000" project, including sculptures by John Maine. This saw the demolition of the 1932 art deco Lewisham Odeon which had also provided a live music venue hosting artists from Johnny Cash to the Rolling Stones.

The 2010s and early 2020s saw the construction of many high-rise residential buildings around Loampit Vale and Molesworth Street. The former roundabout by Lewisham station was replaced with an "H" junction to release land for further private development. This was to be supported by the cancelled Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham.

In 2013 the Glass Mill Leisure Centre opened opposite Lewisham station with its facade defined by a large scale embedded kinetic artwork "Razzle Dazzle Boogie Woogie" by the artist Phil Coy. The project was awarded the Best Built Project - Community Scale Scheme in the London Planning Awards 2013/14.

Splashbacks of Distinction supply the following splashback products in Lewisham, London

  • Glass kitchen splashbacks
  • Glass kitchen splashback samples
  • Glass kitchen splashbacks in many different colours
  • Printed glass splashbacks
  • Colour matched splashbacks
  • Painted splashbacks

Splashbacks of Distinction also supply the following glass products in Lewisham, London

  • Stainless steel and glass Balustrades
  • Glass shelves
  • Coloured mirrors
  • Toughened mirrors
  • Decorative glass
  • Glass hardware
  • Glass worktops
  • Glass shower cubicle
  • Garden glass balustrades
  • Glass staircases
  • Glass table tops
  • Satin glass
  • Toughened glass
  • Laminated glass
  • Opaque glass

Splashbacks of Distinction also supply the following glass related services in Lewisham, London

  • Glass cut to size
  • Mirrors cut to size while you wait
  • Glass processing
  • Glass supply and installation
  • Supply only splashbacks
  • A glass express service
  • Template and fit

Only the finest quality from Splashbacks of Distinction

Splashbacks of Distinction ensure that only the finest quality toughened glass is used in all our products. We guarantee all of our work and are fully insured. We employ only trained and certified engineers. Splashbacks of Distinction never leave your property without ensuring you are totally satisfied with your beautiful new glass splashback, baluster, shelving or shower enclosure.

Further Information

If you would like to know more or are interested in a quote we would be happy to help. Phone us on 01920 830 084, email us at enquiries@splashbacksofdistinction.co.uk or fill in our enquiry form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.

Areas covered in London:

Contact | Request call back | RAL Colour Chart
Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Articles | Website map

Splashbacks of Distinction on Linkedin
Splashbacks of Distinction on Pinterest
Splashbacks of Distinction on Twitter
Splashbacks of Distinction on Facebook

Showroom: Unit 11, Broomhall Farm, Watton At Stone, Hertford SG14 2RN

t: 01920 830 084

enquiries@splashbacksofdistinction.co.uk

© 2023 Splashbacks of Distinction

Splashbacks of Distinction is the trading name of RDC Glass Ltd

Website designed and hosted by AFM Web Design