Description

LONDON ROAD
1.
4430
(West Side)
WALLINGTON
No 284
(Wandle Bank)
TQ 2865 SE 11/96 21.1.54.
II GV
2.
Early C18 front. 2 storeys colourwashed brick, 5 sash windows. Angle pilasters,
band to floor level, parapet. Central door with heavy hood on brackets. 4 semi-
circular stone steps with moulded nosings. Old tile roof with 3 flat-topped
dormers; end stacks. To right hand a single storey addition with half-hipped
tile roof and C19 front possibly added by Arthur Hughes as his studio. To rear
elevation, 2 gabled wings with rendered facing, possibly timber-framed. Formerly
and still potentially attractive grounds eg 2 small octagonal pools in front
of house. Arther Hughes [1832-1915] the pre-Raphaelite painter lived in this
house until 1891 but continued to own it thereafter until his death.
See Bulletin of John Rylands Library Vol 49, 1966-67, pages 323-362.

Nos 282 and 284 form a group with Wallington Bridge and Manor Cottage, London
Road (East Side).

Listing NGR: TQ2863365056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26318705

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Recommended Books

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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, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living