Park Lodge is a
Grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
building in
Putney
Putney () is a district of southwest London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
History
Putney is an ancient paris ...
in the
London Borough of Wandsworth
Wandsworth () is a London boroughs, London borough in southwest London; it forms part of Inner London and has an estimated population of 329,677 inhabitants. Its main named areas are Battersea, Balham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth, Wandsworth ...
.
Location
The building is located on the south side of Putney Bridge road at number 289, on the corner with Atney road.
Architecture and history
The building was built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, and was extended in 1871. The older part of the house is in red and brown brick, the newer part is in grey.
The building was Grade II listed on 14 November 1988
and is part of the Oxford Road Conservation Area.
Notable residents and visitors
Author
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...
had an uncle who lived at the house whom he is recorded as visiting. Images show Carroll's uncle and his cousin Charlotte at the property in 1862.
Footballer
John Wylie was recorded at the address in the 1881 census, and businessman Alfred Wakeford and his family had moved into the property by 1891.
References
External links
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Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Putney
Grade II listed houses in London
Houses in the London Borough of Wandsworth
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