Pinner House 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 ...

mansion in Pinner,

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

. Its facade was built in 1721, but the rest of the building was constructed at some point earlier that century. It was extended during the 20th century, and has been used as an old people's home since the 1930s.

History and description

Pinner House is a brick building decorated with

pilasters In classical architecture, a pilaster is an architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function. It consists of a flat surface raised from the main wall ...

. The facade was built in 1721, but the rest of the house dates from earlier that century. It was one of several mansions built in Pinner, and is one of only two such buildings to survive, the other being

Pinner Hill Pinner is a London suburb in the London borough of Harrow, Greater London, England, northwest of Charing Cross, close to the border with Hillingdon, historically in the county of Middlesex. The population was 31,130 in 2011. Originally a ...

. The rear of Pinner House was extended in 1977 using materials similar to the original construction. The building is located on Church Lane, near to St John the Baptist church. Cherry; Pevsner (1991): p. 286 The building was designated

on 21 September 1951. A plaque to commemorate the building was placed outside it by Harrow Heritage Trust in 2001.

Occupancy

During the mid-19th century the building was used as a school for children, called Pinner House Academy. It was sold by auction in 1829 with the usage suggested as a family home. It was sold once again in 1911. During the First World War, Pinner House was owned by Mr and Mrs George Neal, whose eldest son was killed in action on the

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on 15 June 1915. It was sold again in 1920. It remained as a family home, and was owned by Mr and Mrs George Glanfield at least between 1924 and 1938. Glanfield was a wholesale clothier, and owned the company G. Glanfield and Son, which held the contract for clothing the British Army during

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. He died in 1938, and the building has been used as an old people's home since that period, but has been sold at least once in that usage. Duncan (2010): p. 207

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* *{{cite book, last=Duncan, first=Andrew, title=Andrew Duncan's Favourite London Walks, year=2010, edition=3rd, publisher=New Holland, location=London, isbn=978-1847735393, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCBGBt7a0DoC&dq=%22pinner+house%22&pg=PA207, ref=duncan2010 Houses completed in 1721 Grade II* listed buildings in the London Borough of Harrow Houses in the London Borough of Harrow 1721 establishments in England Grade II* listed houses in London Country houses in London Pinner Middlesex History of Middlesex