| Mount Clare | |
|---|---|
 Mount Clare in an engraving from 1779 by William Watts | |
| Listed Building – Grade I | |
| Official name | Mount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15 |
| Designated | 14 July 1955 |
| Reference no. | 1184436 |
Mount Clare is a Grade I listed house built in 1772 in Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
The architect was Sir Robert Taylor, and the house was enlarged with a portico and other enrichments in 1780 by Placido Columbani. It was Grade I listed on 14 July 1955.
The house was built for the politician George Clive and the gardens were landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.
Notable residents
Clive died in 1779. Subsequent residents have included:
- 1780–1804: Sir John Dick, British Consul at Leghorn, who died at the house on 2 December 1804
- 1807–1819: the chemist Charles Hatchett FRS, who discovered the element niobium
- 1830–1832: Humphrey St John-Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, and Member of Parliament for Southampton
- 1840–1846: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet
- 1874–1908: Hugh Colin Smith, Governor of the Bank of England. Smith's stockbroker descendants lived in the house until 1945.
Requisition in 1945 and subsequent use
The house was requisitioned by Wandsworth Borough Council in 1945. In 1963 it became a hall of residence for Garnett College, the UK's only dedicated lecturer-training college. Garnett College became part of Woolwich Polytechnic, then Thames Polytechnic, then the University of Greenwich.
Today, Mount Clare is owned by the Southlands Methodist Trust and used as a hall of residence for the University of Roehampton.
Gallery
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Mount Clare, front view
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Mount Clare, rear view
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Statue in memory of Hugh Colin Smith, Mount Clare
References
- ^ Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. pp. 694–5. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Historic England (14 July 1955). "Mount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15 (1184436)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ Gerhold, Dorian (1997). Villas and Mansions of Roehampton and Putney Heath. Wandsworth Historical Society. pp. 31–33. ISBN 0-905121-05-8.
- "John Dick – British Consul at Leghorn". James Boswell.info. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- Methodist Council (2015), Southlands College and the Southlands Methodist Trust, Retrieved 28 May 2018
51°27′07″N 0°15′03″W / 51.4519°N 0.2509°W / 51.4519; -0.2509
Categories:- 1772 establishments in England
- Buildings and structures completed in 1772
- Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth
- Grade I listed houses in London
- Halls of residence in the United Kingdom
- History of the London Borough of Wandsworth
- Robert Taylor buildings
- Roehampton
- University of Roehampton