A stockbroker belt southern extension of Carshalton. Much of Carshalton Beeches was formerly part of Barrow Hedges Farm, so called from three ancient burial mounds located on the north side of Oaks Park. For centuries it was strip-farmed common land. Because the Sutton to Croydon railway line was forced to swerve south of the village centre, Carshalton’s nearest station was originally at Wallington but a halt was provided at the Beeches, named for an avenue of beech trees that the line crossed at this point. This was in sparsely populated territory known as Carshalton Fields, leased by Croydon council from the lord of the manor. The halt was little used in its early years because the steam-hauled shuttle service was infrequent and slow. After the First World War the railway company electrified the line and built a proper station here called Carshalton Beeches, making it a regular stop for the London service. The effect on the surrounding area was equally electrifying. A small army of builders descended and within a few years almost all of Carshalton Fields had been covered with housing – much of it of good quality and with generous gardens. With the additional benefit of its elevated setting, the Beeches soon became a more prestigious address than the village itself. Later expansion further south reached new heights of comfort and even ostentation.

Little Holland House stands at 40 Beeches Avenue. This was the self-built home of artist and craftsman Frank Dickinson, who died in 1961. His design for the grade II* listed Arts and Crafts interior was inspired by the ideals of William Morris and John Ruskin. The house now belongs to Sutton council and is open to the public on the first Sunday of each month and on Sunday and Monday afternoons on bank holiday weekends. Admission is free.