Chester House

Date:
5 Sep 1999
Location:
Chester House, West Side Common Sw19, Wimbledon, Merton, Greater London, SW19 4TN
Reference:
IOE01/00214/10
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON WEST SIDE COMMON, SW19 TQ 2370 7/166 Chester House 27.11.87 GV II

Substantial house, now management training centre. Circa 1700 or earlier, altered. Plum brick, red dressings. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof to eaves. 2 storey, 6 1/2 bay central block with slightly projecting pedimented bay to right with pedimented doorcase having moulded architrave. Further 5-bay wing to right. Large mid C20 wing to right of this not of special interest.

To left of central block a tall 1-storey wing with brick pediment and brick dentil cornice. Square gauged headed windows, architraved to central bay of central block; sashes; glazing bars. Moulded brick band between storeys. Dentil cornice to eaves. 3 dormers to roof, pedimented, central one segmental.

Casements. Grand rear elevation with scrolly split pedimented doorcase.

Interior altered.

Listing NGR: TQ2336170719

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1585 IOE Records taken by Patricia Philpott; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Miss Patricia Philpott. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Philpott, Patricia

Rights Holder: Philpott, Patricia

Keywords

Brick, Tile, Stuart House, Georgian Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling, Training Centre, Education