|
West Hall at West Hall Road, Kew, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is a Grade II listed building dating from the end of the 17th century.〔〔Blomfield 1994, p.18〕 It is Kew's only surviving 17th-century building apart from Kew Palace. ==History== The house stands on what was described in 1386 as an estate of 160 acres. This was included in Mortlake Manor, which was owned by the Archbishops of Canterbury.〔Blomfield 1994, p.18〕 By the end of the 15th century, West Hall estate had become part of the new manor of East Sheen and West Hall.〔Blomfield 1994, p.18〕 The late 17th-century house was probably built by the lord of the manor, Thomas Juxon, who lived in East Sheen, as a house to let.〔Blomfield 1994, p.18〕 A second substantial house to let, Brick Farm, was built just to the west.〔Blomfield 1994, p.19〕 This later became the home of Sir William Hooker, the first Director of Kew Gardens, who rented the house and renamed it West Park.〔 The estates of both houses were let out for grazing and market gardening.〔Blomfield 1994, p.19〕 In 1813 the painter William Harriott is recorded as living at West Hall. He was the son of the miniaturist Diana Hill, who also lived at the Hall.〔Blomfield 1994, p.62〕 Although the house of West Hall remains, and the property includes gardens and cottages,〔 much of its estate, and that of the neighbouring Brick Farm, has now been redeveloped for housing.〔Blomfield 1994, p.130〕 The roof and upper floor of the house were damaged by fire in 2005.〔 In 2007 the house was restored by the Bissell Thomas family. 〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West Hall, Kew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|