Summary
A London Merchant's house built about 1714. Terrace of formerly 4 houses, now 2 residences (Squire's Mount and Chestnut Lodge) with c1900 Neo Georgian additions by Horace Field. Brown brick with red brick dressings and floor bands; plain pilaster strips between easternmost houses. Tiled and slated roofs with dormers. Bequeathed by the Misses Field in 1927, partly as an endowment.
Identification Images (1)
Monument Types
- MERCHANTS HOUSE (Early 18th C - 1714 AD to 1714 AD)
Description
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attics and basements. 11 window range (formerly 2:3:4:2) to main (south) front. 2nd house from east end (Squires Mount) with original doorway having wooden architraved doorcase with vermiculated block dressings and keystone, pulvinated frieze and dentil cornice. Other entrances with late C19 Neo-Georgian doorways. Doorway of Chestnut Lodge in 2-storey extension at west end of range. Gauged red brick flat arches to slightly recessed sashes with exposed boxing. Eastern end of Squires Mount with later c1900 ground floor loggia having pilasters flanking French windows and balustraded parapet; return with canted bay windows flanking a French door at ground floor and similar window to 1st floor left. Parapets. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted to retain some panelling. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original lead rainwater heads and pipes on south front. HISTORICAL NOTE: home of Edwin Field, law reformer, during late C19; at one time Mrs Holts School for Young Ladies. [Historic England List Description]
References
- SNA66506 - National Trust Report: WL Matthews & Angus Wainwright. 1993. Squire's Mount, Hampstead, London.
- SNA68037 - Photographs - set of: WL Matthews. April 1993. Black and white photographs of properties at Squire's Mount. 3.
- SNA70119 - Index: National Trust. 1991. Index of photographs from Squire's Mount, Hampstead, London.
- SZM10455 - Monograph: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1952. London: except the cities of London and Westminster. 2.
- SZM12995 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 41.
- SZM13967 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 4.
- SZM156 - Monograph: W Besant. 1911. Survey of London North of the Thames Hampstead.
- SZM1604 - Monograph: J S Cockburn, H P F King, K G T McDonnell. 1969. The Victoria History of the County of Middlesex. 1.
- SZM16817 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 12.
- SZM17896 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 2.
- SZM18101 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 5.
- SZM1878 - Monograph: F M L Thompson. 1974. Hampstead - Building a Borough, 1650-1964.
- SZM20823 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Chestnut Lodge, Squire's Mount. 13.
- SZM22114 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garden, Squire's Mount. 39.
- SZM22115 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garden, Squire's Mount. 40.
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- SZM2394 - Map: Anon. 1839. Hampstead Tithe Map.
- SZM25144 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 7.
- SZM26311 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garden, Squire's Mount. 43.
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- SZM31313 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 8.
- SZM31314 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 9.
- SZM31522 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garages, Squire's Mount. 37.
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- SZM33540 - Slide: Matt Matthews. 01/04/1993. Chestnut Lodge, Squire's Mount. 16.
- SZM35005 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 3.
- SZM36096 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 6.
- SZM40065 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Squire's Mount. 11.
- SZM40543 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garden, Squire's Mount. 44.
- SZM41065 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garden, Squire's Mount. 42.
- SZM42451 - Slide: Angus Wainwright. 18/07/1991. Garden, Squire's Mount. 38.
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Other Statuses and References
Associated Events
- ENA10894 - Heritage Assessment, Archaeological Survey of Squire's Mount, Hampstead, London, 1993
- ENA10895 - Field Survey, Record Photography of Squire's Mount properties, Hampstead, London, 1991
Associated Finds
None Recorded
Related Records
None Recorded