Hotham Hall, Putney Explained

Hotham Hall (formerly St Mary's Hall) is a historic private house in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Location

The building is at 1 Hotham Road Putney SW15 next to Hotham Primary School and on the corner with Gamlen road.

Site history

The site was part of the Pettiward Estate on the road was previously called "Hotham Villas Road", as there were several large houses built there.[1] Sisters Emma Jessie Blanche and Elma Grace Miles inherited the land from their father Alfred Webb Miles[2] on his death in 1903, they donated some of this land to St Mary's Church for the building of a Hall[3] in 1911.[4]

Building

St Mary's Hall was designed by painter and architect Robert Douglas Wells (1875-1963), [5] [6] [7] who also designed Grand Falls House in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland.[8] The building was constructed by William Brown & Sons,[9] and opened by local magistrate and MP for Wandsworth, Putney Mr Samuel Samuel in 1913.[4] [10]

By the 1980s the building had fallen into disrepair, it closed in 1986, and was purchased and converted in nine luxury apartments by the Raven Group, renamed Hotham Hall and opened in 1997.[4] [11]

Notable events

St Mary's Hall was host to several notable events, including speeches by Winston Churchill in May 1933 and Anthony Eden in 1934 in support of Conservative candidate Mr Marcus Samuel, (nephew of Samuel Samuel who opened the hall)[12] [13] and gigs by rock bands The Rolling Stones on 15 December 1962, the first gig of Bill Wyman,[14] and The Who on 5 January 1964.[15] [4] The building also hosted theatre productions by the Putney Players in 1960,[16] and was used as rehearsal room by BBC TV.[17]

Value

One of the apartments was valued at £1.35 million in 2019,[18] another was valued at £2.9 million in 2022.[19]

External links

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landford Road Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy . wandsworth.gov.uk . Wandsworth Council . 9 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Illustrated London News 1903 . 2022-10-02 . iln.org.uk.
  3. Web site: Putney's Local Web site . 2022-10-02 . www.putneysw15.com.
  4. Web site: Backe-Hansen . Melanie . Sir Winston Churchill & The Rolling Stones the history of Hotham Hall by Melanie Backe-Hansen . www.putneysw15.com . PutneySW15.com . 9 October 2022.
  5. Web site: St Mary's Hall Winston Churchill and The Rolling Stones in Putney . House Historian . 9 October 2022.
  6. Book: Venn . John . Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 . 15 September 2011 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-108-03616-0 . 403 . 9 October 2022 . en.
  7. Web site: WELLS Robert Douglas 1875-1963 . www.artbiogs.co.uk . 9 October 2022.
  8. Web site: Marsh . Bryan . Grand Falls House . Anglo Newfoundland Development Company . 9 October 2022 . en . 27 November 2015.
  9. Web site: St Mary's Hall . House Historian . 9 October 2022.
  10. Web site: Mr Samuel Samuel, former MP, Wandsworth Putney . TheyWorkForYou . 9 October 2022 . en.
  11. Web site: HOTHAM HALL MANAGEMENT LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . 9 October 2022 . en.
  12. Web site: Winston Churchill and The Rolling Stones in Putney . House Historian . 9 October 2022 . 26 April 2016.
  13. News: Backe-Hansen . Melanie . Hidden histories of our houses . 9 October 2022 . Express.co.uk . 15 July 2011 . en.
  14. Web site: Idols . www.rollinstoned.com . 9 October 2022.
  15. Web site: 1964 Archives . The Who . 9 October 2022.
  16. Web site: Putney Arts Theatre - Our History . www.putneyartstheatre.org.uk . 9 October 2022.
  17. Web site: External room list . tech-ops.co.uk . 9 October 2022.
  18. News: Hashish . Amira . Putney home where The Rolling Stones and The Who performed is for sale . 9 October 2022 . Evening Standard . 12 December 2019 . en.
  19. Web site: Hotham Hall, 1 Hotham Road, Putney, London, SW15 1QS Savills . search.savills.com . 9 October 2022 . en.

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