Winchester House, Putney

Winchester House is a Grade II listed building in Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, it is home to the Winchester House Club.[1]

Winchester House garden

Location
Winchester House from Lower Richmond road

The house is at number 10 on the north side of Lower Richmond road.[2]

History
Overmantel from Winchester House c1750, V&A

The club reports that the house was built in the early 17th Century and a mulberry tree in the garden was planted by Oliver Cromwell, at the time of the Putney Debates in 1647.[3] Other sources suggest the building dates back to circa 1730,[4] being built or rebuilt by the Huguenot refugee Jacques Badouin[5][6] from Nîmes, France.[7] A west wing was added in 1760.[8]

An image from 1915 shows landscaped gardens[9] and there is memorial in the building to those lost in World War I.[10] The building was Grade II listed in 1955.[11] In 2016 it was refurbished and reopened as a venue,[12] it is approved for wedding ceremonies.[13]

The club

In 1892 the 'Putney Constitutional Club Company Limited' was incorporated as a club,[14][15] in 1997 the club changed its name to 'The Winchester House Club Limited'.[16] The club is described as 'a traditional and thriving private members club offering a range of facilities within a serene setting'.[17]

References
  1. "WINCHESTER HOUSE, PUTNEY CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB, Non Civil Parish - 1300160 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. "The Winchester House Club". winchesterhouseclub.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. "The Winchester House Club". winchesterhouseclub.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. "Putney Society Buildings Walks No. 5 Putney Embankment" (PDF). putneysociety.org.uk. The Putney Society. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. Janvrin, Isabelle; Rawlinson, Catherine (24 July 2016). The French in London: From William the Conqueror to Charles de Gaulle (30 March 2022 ed.). Bitter Lemon Press. ISBN 978-1-908524-66-9.
  6. Wagner, H.; Weiss, N. (1913). "RELATION DE L'ÉVASION, HORS DE FRANCE: après la Révocation, de Marie Molinier, de Cournonterral". Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (1903-). 62 (5): 435–456. ISSN 0037-9050. JSTOR 24287685. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. "Chimneypiece and overmantel". V&A Collections. Victoria and Albert Museums. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1 January 2002). London 2: South. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. "Winchester House, Lower Richmond Road - C1915". Wandsworth Borough Photos. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  10. "Putney Constitutional Club". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  11. "WINCHESTER HOUSE, PUTNEY CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  12. "Winchester House Opening March 2016". Concerto. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  13. "Winchester House". Wandsworth Borough Council. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  14. "THE WINCHESTER HOUSE CLUB LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  15. "Incorporation". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  16. "Company name changed". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  17. "The Winchester House Club". winchesterhouseclub.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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