Inventory Site Record

Roehampton House was designed by baroque architect Thomas Archer for Thomas Carey in 1710-12 and it was later much enlarged by Edwin Lutyens in 1911-3 for A. M. Grenfell. Lutyens added 3-storey wings and designed the gardens. In 1915 the house became part of Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton and much of the garden was built over by extensive single storey wings, designed to minimise bomb damage during WWII. The only part of the garden that remained lay immediately behind the Thomas Archer House. In the C21st, part of the former hospital land was sold for development. St James has built a new housing scheme, known as Queen Mary's Place, and restored Lutyens' Sunken Garden and Rose Garden to provide communal gardens for the residents.

Previous / Other name:

Roehampton House; Queen Mary's Hospital

Site location:

Roehampton Lane

Postcode:

SW15 5BF

What 3 Words:

pound.rushed.goad

Type of site:

Housing/Estate Landscaping

Borough:

Wandsworth

Open to public?

Occasionally

Opening times:

Has opened for OGSW. Otherwise private, for residents only
Took part in Open Garden Squares Weekend in 2009.

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Events:

Public transport:

Rail: Barnes then bus. Bus: 72, 265, 493, 85, 170

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Research updated:

01/06/2009

Last minor changes:

14/07/2022

Please check with the site owner or manager for latest news. www.berkeleygroup.co.uk/st-james/queen-marys-place

Roehampton House appears to have been built on or near the site of an earlier house built in 1622-4 by David Papillon, a Huguenot property developer and architect who had begun to purchase land in the area in 1620. He built a number of houses in Roehampton between 1620 and 1625/6 that directly led to the popularity of Roehampton among the wealthy. Papillon's first house, which was built on land known as Upper Naylands, was sold in 1622 to George Heriot, jeweller to James I. Later known as Elm Grove, Heriot's estate is now part of Roehampton University (q.v.). Papillon's next house was called Roehampton Great House, later the site of the Froebel Institute, which he sold in 1625 to Sir Richard Weston, later Earl of Portland. Lord Portland added to the house and grounds, and his estate became known as Roehampton Park, later reduced in size when the late C18th owner, Thomas Parker, began to sell off plots of land for development between 1770-88. By 1624 Papillon had built the smaller house to the east of Roehampton Lane, which was probably on the site of Roehampton House and was occupied by Samuel Neast in 1624. Thomas Cary took a lease on the site in 1710.

Sources consulted:

Arts Council; Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London 2: South (Penguin) 1999; Dorian Gerhold 'Villas and Mansions of Roehampton and Putney Heath' (Wandsworth Historical Society, Wandsworth Paper 9, 1997)

Grid ref:

TQ222742 (522189,174240)

Size in hectares:

0.74

Site ownership:

Berkeley Group, St James

Site management:

Berkeley Group, St James

Date(s):

1710, 1911

Designer(s):

Edwin Lutyens

Listed structures:

LBI: Roehampton House. LBII: Walls and gates to walled garden; Roehampton House Lodges and Entrance Gates.

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

No

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

No

In Conservation Area:

No

Tree Preservation Order:

Yes

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

Yes - Archaeological Priority Area

Other LA designation:

Site with Development Potential