Petersham House
| Petersham House | |
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Interactive map of the Petersham House area | |
| General information | |
| Location | Petersham, London England |
| Coordinates | 51°26′47″N 0°18′06″W / 51.4465°N 0.3018°W |
| Completed | c. 1674 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Garden Gates and Railings Petersham House |
| Designated | 10 January 1950 |
| Reference no. | 1065336 |
Petersham House is a Grade II* listed[1] building in Petersham, London built in the late 17th century. It is listed alongside its garden gates and railings, and holds early 18th century mythological wall paintings by Louis Laguerre.[2]
The house has extensive gardens covering over a third of an acre,[3] which provides herbs and edible flowers for the adjacent Petersham Nurseries cafe.[4]
History
The house's author and original owner are not known. In the 18th century, the Montrose and Rutland families who owned the nearby Rutland Lodge and Montrose House would each consecutively own Petersham House. In the 19th century, the house was owned by Samuel Walker whose daughter in 1898 bought the nearby land of Bute House and had the All Saints' Church built there which still stands now as a private residence.[5] Restoration work was carried out on the house by its owners in the 1990s removing certain more recently added elements.[6]
References
- ^ "Garden Gates and Railings Petersham House, Non Civil Parish - 1065336 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
- ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002), London. 2: South / by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.), Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, p. 515, ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4
- ^ "House for Sale in River Lane: The beautiful Grade II-listed Petersham Manor House, close to Richmond Park | UK Sotheby's International Realty". sothebysrealty.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ totallyadmin (2025-04-02). "Petersham House - Richmond". NGS Gardens. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
- ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1995). The London encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan. p. 594. ISBN 978-0-333-57688-5.
- ^ "A Home with a History: how Gael and Francesco Boglione's Queen Anne house spawned an iconic nursery and Michelin-starred restaurant". www.inigo.com. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
External links
Media related to Petersham House at Wikimedia Commons