Winchester House garden

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

Winchester House from Lower Richmond road

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

History

Overmantel from Winchester House c1750, V&A

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]

References

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

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