2-887-642 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

South Norwood Police Station, Oliver Grove, South Norwood, Croydon, London, 14/08/1987. Chief Superintendent P Gregory shovelling concrete at the topping out ceremony for South Norwood Police Station, with D Bertram, Laing regional manager (left), and M McGrath, site foreman (right). Laing’s Southern Region was awarded a £3.8m contract by the Metropolitan Police for the construction of a divisional police station at South Norwood. Work began at the 2100 square metre site in 1986. The structure comprised a reinforced concrete framed building and reinforced concrete basement with brick cladding, services and external works.