Rosslyn Tower is

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private house in

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in the

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Location

The building is on the north side St John's Avenue in Putney SW15 at number 18, east of Putney Hill.

Building

The building was built in the 1870s, is made of brick and stone, is double fronted and has two storeys. There are eight bedrooms and the tower has four storeys, with a balcony with 360 degree views of London and a view of the

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There is an 110 foot garden with a lily pond and rose garden. The building has a drawing room which was redesigned in 1907 by Leonard Wyburd RA (1865–1958) one of Britain's leading Arts & Crafts furniture designers and who led

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design studio after being appointed aged just 18. The building was Grade II listed on 5 July 1974.

Residents

The house was commissioned by the Miles family and passed from Alfred Webb Miles, a pioneer of ready-made clothing, in 1903 to his daughters Emma Jessie Blanche and Elma Grace Miles, who lived in the house until Grace's death in 1956, and who also donated land elsewhere in Putney for the building of St Mary's Hall (now Hotham Hall) to St Mary's Church. A Miles Trust still exists to help fund aspects of community life in Putney. In the 1990s the trance music DJ

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owned the property and stored a large number of records in the basement, Oakenfold had bought the house at auction from his DJ friend

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Value

The building was valued at £1.25 million in 1997 and 20 years later in 2017 it was valued at £5 million.

External links

Historic England listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosslyn Tower Grade II listed houses in London Houses in the London Borough of Wandsworth Houses completed in the 19th century Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Wandsworth Putney