Mount Clare, Roehampton

Coordinates: 51°27′07″N 0°15′03″W / 51.4519°N 0.2509°W / 51.4519; -0.2509
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Mount Clare
Mount Clare in an engraving from 1779 by William Watts
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Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameMount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15
Designated14 July 1955
Reference no.1184436

Mount Clare is a Grade I listed house built in 1772 in Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

The architect was Sir Robert Taylor,[1] and the house was enlarged with a portico and other enrichments in 1780 by Placido Columbani. It was Grade I listed on 14 July 1955.[2]

The house was built for the politician George Clive[1] and the gardens were landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.[3]

Notable residents

Clive died in 1779. Subsequent residents have included:

Requisition in 1945 and subsequent use

The house was requisitioned by

Thames Polytechnic, then the University of Greenwich
.

Today, Mount Clare is owned by the Southlands Methodist Trust[5] and used as a hall of residence for the University of Roehampton.[3]

Gallery

  • Mount Clare, front view
    Mount Clare, front view
  • Mount Clare, rear view
    Mount Clare, rear view
  • Statue in memory of Hugh Colin Smith, Mount Clare
    Statue in memory of Hugh Colin Smith, Mount Clare

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ Historic England (14 July 1955). "Mount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15 (1184436)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
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  4. ^ "John Dick – British Consul at Leghorn". James Boswell.info. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  5. ^ Methodist Council (2015), Southlands College and the Southlands Methodist Trust, Retrieved 28 May 2018

51°27′07″N 0°15′03″W / 51.4519°N 0.2509°W / 51.4519; -0.2509