Pear Tree House

Pear Tree House was the former Civil Defence control centre for South-East London.

Negotiations took place between them for a site to build a control centre for the area during the heightened atmosphere in the era of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Whilst the two-storey bunker was being designed and approved the structures of civil defence and London government were changing.

The GLC selected the Pear Tree House bunker as the South East group war HQ and although not ideal it was converted in 1979.

Another site was looked for but an agreement was made and it remained the South East group emergency centre until 1993.