Asgill House
ASGILL HOUSE, OLD PALACE LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1180412
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Asgill House
- Statutory Address:
- ASGILL HOUSE, OLD PALACE LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1180412
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Asgill House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ASGILL HOUSE, OLD PALACE LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ASGILL HOUSE, OLD PALACE LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 17360 74839
Details
1. 5028 OLD PALACE LANE Asgill House TQ 17 SE 4/3 10.1.50
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2. Designed by Sir Robert Taylor. Completed 1767 as a weekend retreat for Sir Charles Asgill, Lord Mayor of London. Illustrated in Vol IV of Vitruvius Britannicas. Three storeys high, 5 windows wide with a projecting canted central bay on the river front with wings either side. Central pedimented bay to first floor. Altered and extended in the C19 but recently restored to its original appearance. Stone-faced with rusticated ground floor. Slated roof with deep bracketed eaves. Windows arched to ground floor, square headed sashes above. Inside on the first floor the octagan room contains paintings by Andrea Casali.
Listing NGR: TQ1736074839
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 205575
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Vitruvius Britannicus in Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol. 4, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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