Wildcroft Manor

Wildcroft Manor is a historic site in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, with private housing and a Grade II Listed iron gateway.[1]

Gates to Wildcroft Manor

Location

The estate is located on Wildcroft road within Putney Heath, between the Telegraph pub and the A3 dual carriageway.

History

The original building was built in 1776 by politician David Hartley (the Younger) 1732–1813 who received a grant of £2500 to build an experimental fireproof house.[2][3] A Grade II listed obelisk nearby on Putney Heath commemorates this innovation.[4]

The building was later home to publisher George Newnes 1851–1910, architect of Putney Library, who was made baronet "of Wildcroft, in the parish of Putney" in 1895.[5][6] Newnes demolished and rebuilt the building in 1877[7] and it was visited by writer Naomi Royde-Smith as a child from 1900.[8] The wrought iron gates were built around 1900 by J & C McLaughlin (likely McGloughlin)[9] Ltd, Dublin, and were Grade II listed in 1983.[10]

Later buildlings were built in mid 1930s[11] in Art Deco style,[12] with 56 flats created on the site of the former manor,[13] in four-storey blocks in Tudor vernacular.[14] A V1 flying bomb fell on the site on 3 July 1944, killing Canadian firefighter J.S. Coull (Winnipeg)[15][16][17] and caused serious damage to all buildings on the site.[18] Entertainer Ian Whitcomb later lived on the site in the 1960s,[19] as well as Sir (Frank) Cyril Hawker Sheriff of London 1963–1964.

References
  1. "GATES TO WILDCROFT MANOR, Non Civil Parish - 1185210". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. Karpazli, Ertan (7 August 2022). "Secluded 'village' in West London looks like it's in Hollywood". MyLondon. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. Bolton, Carol (3 June 2016). Letters from England: by Don Manuel Alvarez Espriella. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-24290-1. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. Stuff, Good. "Hartley Memorial Obelisk (North East of Wildcroft Manor), Roehampton, London". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. "London Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. 15 February 1895. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. Friederichs, Hulda (1911). Life of Sir George Newnes (PDF). Hodder and Stoughton. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  7. Galloway, Archie. "DAVID HARTLEY – ARSONIST BY APPOINTMENT? 1732 - 1813" (PDF). Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  8. Benton, Jill (2015). AVENGING MUSE Naomi Royde-Smith, 1875-1964. Pitzer College. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  9. "MCGLOUGHLIN, JOHN * - Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  10. "GATES TO WILDCROFT MANOR, Non Civil Parish - 1185210". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  11. "epr000474 ENGLAND (1935). Wildcroft Manor flats under construction, Putney Heath, 1935". www.britainfromabove.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  12. "ART DECO APARTMENT IN BEAUTIFUL LOCATION WITH PARKING" (PDF). assets.savills.com. Savills. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  13. "Property". Putney Village. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  14. "Putney Heath Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy" (PDF). wandsworth.gov.uk. London Borough of Wandsworth. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  15. "Canadian WW2 firefighters". London Remembers. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  16. Posted, Christian Cassidy (1 March 2015). "Mar 2015: A different kind of firefight: Winnipeggers helped battle blazes in the Blitz". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  17. Brooks, Alan (12 July 2011). London at War: Relics of the Home Front from the World Wars. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-84468-322-2. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  18. "Explore our unique, historic map layers". www.layersoflondon.org. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  19. Whitcomb, Ian (18 August 2011). Ian Whitcomb Songbook. Mel Bay Publications. ISBN 978-1-61065-252-0. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

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