Description

TQ 3171 STREATHAM COMMON NORTH, SW16

963/35/10073 Lodge in the grounds of Villa
at St Michael's Convent (formerly
known as Park Hill)

GV II

Lodge. Dated 1870, built for William Leaf of Park Hill and replacing an earlier lodge probably by J B Papworth. Classical style. Stuccoed with hipped slate roof and two cement chimneystacks. Single storey with bays on south and west sides. Double square pilasters of Tuscan order at each return with incised frieze above west bay. Most windows, except for window to left of door, are late C20 replacement windows within original moulded architraves. Front door is also a replacement. Cornice, band and plinth. Facing the door is a stone or plaster panel with the date, 1870, William Leaf's monogram and the crest of the leaf family with the motto "Folium non defluet". (The leaf does not fall.)

Listing NGR: TQ3113671100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086835

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Recommended Books

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)