Description

This list entry was subjected to a Minor Enhancement on the 5 July 2022 to add to historical note
TQ 2686 SW
798-1/16/1663

CAMDEN,
VALE OF HEALTH,
Rose Cottage and Woodbine Cottage

(Formerly listed as: Rose Cottage; Previously Listed as: VALE OF HEALTH, Hunt Cottage and Woodbine Cottage)

14/05/74

GV
II

Two cottages. Early C19. Weatherboarded. Pantiled roof. Two storeys. One window to each cottage. Main entrances on east side. Left-hand cottage with wood trellis verandah supporting first floor. First-floor balcony with canopy; French windows to both (first floor architraved). Right-hand cottage with French doors to ground floor with pointed lights and architraved casement to first floor.

INTERIORS: not inspected.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Rose Cottage (formerly Hunt Cottage) was the early home (1870-3) of Alfred and Harold Harmsworth, newspaper tycoons.

Woodbine Cottage was the home of Compton Mackenzie.
Woodbine Cottage was probably the residence of Leigh Hunt, poet, in 1821

Listing NGR: TQ2648686478

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q27086499

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)