Finchley Court was one of the developments built on the site of large houses along Ballards Lane.
Fallow Cottage was sold in 1939 to Wood & Wallers, who built flats on its site. Willow Lodge on the east side of Ballards Lane was pulled down in 1929. On the opposite side Maple House and Elm House were for sale in 1934 and made way for the flats of Finchley Court in 1935.
Bay Tree Cottage, already set among shops in Ballards Lane, was offered in 1936 and replaced by Woolworth’s in 1938. Court House at the northern corner of Nether Street was sold in 1936 and flats were built there a year later. Rocklands, next to Dollis brook, was offered for sale in an area ’ripe for development’ in 1938.
