Winchester House, Putney Explained

Winchester House is a Grade II listed building in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it is home to the Winchester House Club.[1]

Location

The house is at number 10 on the north side of Lower Richmond road.[2]

History

The club reports that the house was built in the early 17th Century and a mulberry tree in the garden was planted by Oliver Cromwell, at the time of the Putney Debates in 1647.[3] Other sources suggest the building dates back to circa 1730,[4] being built or rebuilt by the Huguenot refugee Jacques Badouin[5] [6] from Nîmes, France.[7] A west wing was added in 1760.[8]

An image from 1915 shows landscaped gardens[9] and there is memorial in the building to those lost in World War I.[10] The building was Grade II listed in 1955.[11] In 2016 it was refurbished and reopened as a venue,[12] it is approved for wedding ceremonies.[13]

The club

In 1892 the 'Putney Constitutional Club Company Limited' was incorporated as a club,[14] [15] in 1997 the club changed its name to 'The Winchester House Club Limited'.[16] The club is described as 'a traditional and thriving private members club offering a range of facilities within a serene setting'.[17]

External links

References

51.4674°N -0.2174°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WINCHESTER HOUSE, PUTNEY CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, Non Civil Parish - 1300160 Historic England . historicengland.org.uk . 30 March 2022 . en.
  2. Web site: The Winchester House Club . winchesterhouseclub.com . 30 March 2022.
  3. Web site: The Winchester House Club . winchesterhouseclub.com. 30 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Putney Society Buildings Walks No. 5 Putney Embankment . putneysociety.org.uk . The Putney Society . 30 March 2022.
  5. Book: Janvrin . Isabelle . Rawlinson . Catherine . The French in London: From William the Conqueror to Charles de Gaulle . 24 July 2016 . Bitter Lemon Press . 978-1-908524-66-9 . 30 March 2022 . en.
  6. Wagner . H. . Weiss . N. . RELATION DE L'ÉVASION, HORS DE FRANCE: après la Révocation, de Marie Molinier, de Cournonterral . Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (1903-) . 1913 . 62 . 5 . 435–456 . 24287685 . 30 March 2022 . 0037-9050.
  7. Web site: Chimneypiece and overmantel. V&A Collections. Victoria and Albert Museums. 25 April 2017.
  8. Book: Cherry . Bridget . Pevsner . Nikolaus . London 2: South . 1 January 2002 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-09651-4 . 30 March 2022 . en.
  9. Web site: Winchester House, Lower Richmond Road - C1915 . Wandsworth Borough Photos . 30 March 2022 . en . 21 April 2015.
  10. Web site: Putney Constitutional Club . Imperial War Museums . 30 March 2022 . en.
  11. Web site: WINCHESTER HOUSE, PUTNEY CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB . historicengland.org.uk . 30 March 2022 . en.
  12. Web site: Winchester House Opening March 2016 . Concerto . 30 March 2022 . en . 29 February 2016.
  13. Web site: Winchester House . Wandsworth Borough Council . 30 March 2022 . en-gb.
  14. Web site: THE WINCHESTER HOUSE CLUB LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . 30 March 2022 . en.
  15. Web site: Incorporation . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . 30 March 2022.
  16. Web site: Company name changed . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . 30 March 2022.
  17. Web site: The Winchester House Club . winchesterhouseclub.com . 30 March 2022.

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