Montrose House
| Montrose House | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Petersham,London Borough of Richmond upon Thames,England |
| Construction started | late 17th century |
Listed Building– Grade II* | |
| Official name | Montrose House |
| Designated | 25 June 1983 |
| Reference no. | 1065342 |
Montrose Houseis a late 17th-centuryGrade II* listed building[1]at 186 Petersham Road,Petershamin theLondon Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[1]
The house was built for SirThomas Jenner,Justice of the Common PleasunderJames II,but is named after the Dowager Duchess of Montrose (widow of the3rd Duke)[2]who lived there from 1837 to 1847.[2][3]In the 1870s it was occupied by John Master, a retired magistrate from the Indian Colonial Service, his wife Gertrude, and his children. One of his daughters, Hilda Master, went on to become the mother ofSir Anthony Blunt.[4]It was bought by the entertainerTommy Steelein 1969[2][3]and sold by him in about 2004.[5]
The house is located at a sharp right-angled bend on Petersham Road (part of theA307). After a spate of serious accidents on the bend in the road, the neighbours formed a group in the 1850s called Trustees of the Road. The Hon.Algernon TollemacheofHam Housewas their leader and they managed to persuade the owner of Montrose House to part with some land to reduce the sharpness of the bend. However, various dents in the brick wall today reveal that motorists are still taken unawares by it.[6]
Adjacent to Montrose House is Rutland Lodge, built in 1660 for aLord Mayor of London.
Montrose House in art[edit]
A drawing of the rear of Montrose House was made byWilfred Faircloughin July 1941 as part of the "Recording Britain"collection oftopographicalwater-colours and drawings produced in the early 1940s during theSecond World War.It is held at theVictoria and Albert Museum.[7]
References[edit]
- ^abHistoric England(25 June 1983)."Montrose House, 186, Petersham Road (1065342)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved31 July2015.
- ^abcCloake, John(1998). "New Light on Old Petersham Houses – 2".Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society.19:17.ISSN0263-0958.
- ^abHibbert, Christopher;Keay, John;Keay, Julia (2010).The London Encyclopaedia.Pan Macmillan.p. 559.ISBN9781405049252.
- ^Guardian Staff (15 November 2001)."Anthony Blunt: His Lives by Miranda Carter".The Guardian.Retrieved17 June2021.
- ^Douglas, Rachel (21 April 2004)."Celebs in the move".Evening Standard.Retrieved20 February2021.
- ^Weinreb, Ben;Hibbert, Christopher(1992).The London Encyclopaedia(reprint ed.).Macmillan.p. 610.
- ^"Montrose House, Petersham (Back); Recording Britain".Search the Collections.Victoria and Albert Museum.Retrieved21 September2013.
