In the 1960’s Colonel Chamberlain, the owner of what has now become Bencurtis Park, offered Beckenham and West Wickham Old Peoples Welfare Committee (now known as Age Concern), some ground in Glebe Way to provide accommodation for elderly people from the Beckenham and West Wickham area.  Glebe Court was then envisaged as a means to supply flats and, with the appropriate funds, 19 bedsit flats with kitchen (but communal toilets and bathrooms), warden accommodation and two guest rooms were built as sheltered housing – the first in the Borough of Bromley.  Glebe Court was officially opened on the 5^th November 1966 by the Worshipful the Mayor of Bromley, Alderman F.G.V. Lovell JP.

Mr Ben Curtis, chairman of Beckenham OPW together with some of his committee members realised that there was a need to provide affordable rented accommodation for retired people.

After Colonel Chamberlain died in 1970 his widow offered the estate for purchase by a charitable organisation.  As the Beckenham and West Wickham Old People’s Committee already owned the Glebe Court site, application was made to the Borough for planning permission and a loan.  The idea was to build 123 flats with a hall for meals and a small general shop.  The site was finally purchased in 1971.

There were of course many difficulties.  £30,000 was needed to obtain the land and house.  Money was raised and borrowed and the Committee set about turning Glebe House into a small sheltered housing unit.  The land had some covenants on it known as "white land" and this had to be cleared with the London Borough of Bromley, not without difficulty, as they did not think the plans were achievable.  Having persevered, in 1971 the organisation was registered as a charity and in 1974, under the new Housing Act was registered with the Housing Corporation as a Housing Association.  This entitled the Association to receive certain grants from the Department of Environment and the London Borough of Bromley with whom it was now able to negotiate a mortgage.

Glebe Housing Association also became a registered Friendly Society and with all these safeguards, a better working relationship with the officers of Bromley Council grew.  Finally planning consent was granted for 66 studio flats and 55 one-bedroom flats with accommodation for two wardens.  Also included were guest rooms providing accommodation for visitors, lounges, hobby facilities, a small shop, and a restaurant to accommodate 100 diners.  The construction of the aforementioned restaurant depended largely on donations from both large and small charities and many local individuals and organisations

Finally the project was completed and fully operational; by the time the Duchess of Kent officially opened the complex it was October 1976.

Following the construction of the flats, a number of enquiries were received regarding the possibility of building bungalows in the grounds.  It was decided that since the Association could not receive any form of grant for such an undertaking, if people wanted bungalows they would have to provide the finance themselves by paying a deposit at ground level and then paying at different stages as the building progressed.  The bungalows had to be self financing and since it was not possible to charge rent, a sixty year lease was sold to the resident to which there were certain conditions.  In this way the first thirteen bungalows were built.  In later years more bungalows have been constructed giving a total of 57, a mixture of one-bedroom and two-bedroom.

Over the years the original property, Glebe Court, was found to be wanting as standards had risen since it was built in 1967.  The Management Committee decided that with the increase in frailty amongst the elderly within the surrounding community, that Glebe Court should be converted into a home for the frail elderly.  With grants and loans being made available to the Association, the original block of 19 bedsits was converted and extended into a 29 bedded home for those requiring meals and care provided for them.