West Hall, Kew
| West Hall, Kew | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | West Hall Road, Kew, Richmond TW9 4EE, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
| Coordinates | 51°28′33″N 0°16′44″W / 51.4758°N 0.2789°W |
| Completed | circa 1700 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | West Hall |
| Designated | 25 October 1951 |
| Reference no. | 1253185 |
West Hall at West Hall Road, Kew, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is a Grade II listed building[1] dating from the end of the 17th century.[2] It is Kew's only surviving 17th-century building apart from Kew Palace.[3]
History
The house stands on what was described in 1386 as an estate of 160 acres. This was included in
By the end of the 15th century, West Hall estate had become part of the new manor of East Sheen and West Hall.[2]
The late 17th-century house
In 1813 the painter William Harriott is recorded as living at West Hall.[6] He was the son of the miniaturist Diana Hill, who also lived at the Hall.[7]
Although the house of West Hall remains, and the property includes gardens and cottages,[8] much of its estate, and that of the neighbouring Brick Farm, has now been redeveloped for housing.[9]
The roof and upper floor of the house were damaged by fire in 2005.[8] In 2007 the house was restored by the Bissell Thomas family.[3][8]
West Hall in popular culture
References
- ^ Historic England (25 October 1951). "West Hall (1253185)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d Blomfield 1994, p.18
- ^ a b c Gascoigne, Bamber; et al. (2001). "Kew – West Hall". HistoryWorld's Places in History. HistoryWorld. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ a b Blomfield 1994, p.19
- Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (1813). Transactions of the Society of Arts, Volume 31. London: R Wilks, Chancery Lane. p. 22.
- ^ Blomfield 1994, p.62
- ^ a b c d McGhie, Caroline (1 May 2007). "From ashes of a dream, a home rises again". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Blomfield 1994, p.130
Sources
- ISBN 0-85033-923-5