Roehampton House

Roehampton House is a Grade I listed house at Roehampton Lane, Roehampton, London.[1]

Roehampton House

It was built between 1710 and 1712 by the architect Thomas Archer. Archer built Roehampton House on behalf of the merchant Thomas Cary. Cary's father, John, emigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1663, and Cary was born there in 1669. Both returned to London and by 1690 were running an import and export trading business.[2] From 1910 to 1913, Sir Edwin Lutyens made some alterations to the main house and added north and south wings. Historic England note that these were "a continuation of the Archer style and to a plan close to Archer's original intentions", and that "the Lutyens parts would in themselves merit Grade II*".[1]

From 1915 to 1983 the house was occupied by Queen Mary's Hospital.[3] In 2010[4] Berkeley Group Holdings began work to convert the property into 24 apartments and houses.[5]

Notable residents

References
  1. Historic England. "Roehampton House (1357694)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. "Roehampton House". patrickbaty.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. "Queen Mary's Hospital". Lost Hospitals of London. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. "Roehampton House brochure" (PDF). Berkeley Group. p. 46. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  5. "Roehampton House". Berkeley Group. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  6. Gerhold ISBN 0905121058; p. 27

Further reading
  • Gerhold, D. J. Villas and Mansions of Roehampton and Putney Heath (1997) ISBN 0905121058

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