One block of Hughes Mansions as built in 1929
Hughes Mansions on Vallance Road was the site of the final Second World War bomb to fall on London.
Hughes Mansions had been completed in 1929 as a replacement of the back-to-back houses originally here.
On 27 March 1945, a V2 rocket was fired towards London from remaining German forces in The Hague, Netherlands. The missile hit the very centre of the Hughes Mansions, totally destroying the centre block in the process
