Wandle Bank

Description

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

LONDON ROAD 1.

4430 (West Side) WALLINGTON No 284 (Wandle Bank) TQ 2865 SE 11/96 21.1.54.

II GV 2.

Early C18 front. 2 storeys colourwashed brick, 5 sash windows. Angle pilasters, band to floor level, parapet. Central door with heavy hood on brackets. 4 semi- circular stone steps with moulded nosings. Old tile roof with 3 flat-topped dormers; end stacks. To right hand a single storey addition with half-hipped tile roof and C19 front possibly added by Arthur Hughes as his studio. To rear elevation, 2 gabled wings with rendered facing, possibly timber-framed. Formerly and still potentially attractive grounds eg 2 small octagonal pools in front of house. Arther Hughes [1832-1915] the pre-Raphaelite painter lived in this house until 1891 but continued to own it thereafter until his death.

See Bulletin of John Rylands Library Vol 49, 1966-67, pages 323-362.

Nos 282 and 284 form a group with Wallington Bridge and Manor Cottage, London Road (East Side).

Listing NGR: TQ2863365056

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1997 IOE Records taken by Robert Taverner; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Robert Taverner. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project