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Roehampton was originally a small village – with only 14 houses during the reign of Henry VII – with the area largely forest and heath. The population gradually increased in the 18th and 19th centuries as it became a favoured residential outlying suburb for summer villas and larger houses set in parkland, following the opening of Putney Bridge in 1729. [3]
Alton Estate in Roehampton, London 2008. The Alton Estate is a very large council estate situated in Roehampton, southwest London.One of the largest council estates in the UK, it occupies an extensive area of land west of Roehampton village and runs between the Roehampton Lane through-road and Richmond Park Golf Courses.
Roehampton Estate was a plantation in St James Parish, Jamaica. It was the scene of substantial destruction during the Baptist War (1831-2). The estate was owned by John Baillie, an absentee plantation owner who lived in Montagu Square , London . [ 1 ]
Roehampton House. Roehampton House is a Grade I listed house at Roehampton Lane, Roehampton, London. [1] What is now the central block of the current building was built between 1710 and 1712 by the architect Thomas Archer and named Roehampton House. It was built on behalf of the merchant Thomas Cary.
Beyond relatively large green buffers – playing fields, a golf course, Richmond Park, Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath – and beyond adjoining Roehampton Vale, are: Roehampton Village; Putney; Kingston Vale, with Norbiton and Kingston upon Thames beyond; Copse Hill, associated with Raynes Park; Coombe Hill or Coombe, associated with New Malden
Roehampton emerged as a favoured residential suburb of the 18th and 19th centuries following the opening of Putney Bridge in 1729 and the development of a number of large private estates from which several of the original houses survive. Roehampton House (grade I) by Thomas Archer was built between 1710–12 and enlarged by Sir Edwin Lutyens in ...
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Grove House is a Grade II* listed house at Roehampton Lane, Roehampton, London. [1] It was built in 1777 by James Wyatt for Sir Joshua Vanneck, but has later alterations and additions. [1] It is part of Froebel College, University of Roehampton.