Wildcroft Manor
Wildcroft Manor is a historic site in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, with private housing and a Grade II Listed iron gateway.[1]
Location[edit]
The estate is located on Wildcroft road within Putney Heath, between the Telegraph pub and the A3 dual carriageway.
History[edit]
The original building was built in 1776 by politician David Hartley (the Younger) 1732–1813 who received a grant of £2500 to build an experimental fireproof house.[2][3] A Grade II listed obelisk nearby on Putney Heath commemorates this innovation.[4]
The building was later home to publisher George Newnes 1851–1910, architect of Putney Library, who was made baronet "of Wildcroft, in the parish of Putney" in 1895.[5][6] Newnes demolished and rebuilt the building in 1877[7] and it was visited by writer Naomi Royde-Smith as a child from 1900.[8] The wrought iron gates were built around 1900 by J & C McLaughlin (likely McGloughlin)[9] Ltd, Dublin, and were Grade II listed in 1983.[10]
Later buildlings were built in mid 1930s[11] in Art Deco style,[12] with 56 flats created on the site of the former manor,[13] in four-storey blocks in Tudor vernacular.[14] A V1 flying bomb fell on the site on 3 July 1944, killing Canadian firefighter J.S. Coull (Winnipeg)[15][16][17] and caused serious damage to all buildings on the site.[18] Entertainer Ian Whitcomb later lived on the site in the 1960s,[19] as well as Sir (Frank) Cyril Hawker Sheriff of London 1963–1964.
References[edit]
- ^ "GATES TO WILDCROFT MANOR, Non Civil Parish - 1185210". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Karpazli, Ertan (7 August 2022). "Secluded 'village' in West London looks like it's in Hollywood". MyLondon. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Bolton, Carol (3 June 2016). Letters from England: by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-24290-1. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Stuff, Good. "Hartley Memorial Obelisk (North East of Wildcroft Manor), Roehampton, London". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "London Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. 15 February 1895. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Friederichs, Hulda (1911). Life of Sir George Newnes (PDF). Hodder and Stoughton. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Galloway, Archie. "DAVID HARTLEY – ARSONIST BY APPOINTMENT? 1732 - 1813" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Benton, Jill (2015). AVENGING MUSE Naomi Royde-Smith, 1875-1964. Pitzer College. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "MCGLOUGHLIN, JOHN * - Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "GATES TO WILDCROFT MANOR, Non Civil Parish - 1185210". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "epr000474 ENGLAND (1935). Wildcroft Manor flats under construction, Putney Heath, 1935". www.britainfromabove.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "ART DECO APARTMENT IN BEAUTIFUL LOCATION WITH PARKING" (PDF). assets.savills.com. Savills. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Property". Putney Village. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Putney Heath Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy" (PDF). wandsworth.gov.uk. London Borough of Wandsworth. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Canadian WW2 firefighters". London Remembers. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Posted, Christian Cassidy (1 March 2015). "Mar 2015: A different kind of firefight: Winnipeggers helped battle blazes in the Blitz". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Brooks, Alan (12 July 2011). London at War: Relics of the Home Front from the World Wars. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84468-322-2. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Explore our unique, historic map layers". www.layersoflondon.org. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Whitcomb, Ian (18 August 2011). Ian Whitcomb Songbook. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN 978-1-61065-252-0. Retrieved 11 August 2023.