Upton House was a building in

West Ham West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham. It is an inner-city suburb located east of Charing Cross. The area was originally an ancient parish formed to serve parts of the older Manor of Ham, a ...

, Essex (now the

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Borough of

Newham The London Borough of Newham () is a London boroughs, London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of County Borough of West Ham, West Ham and County ...

) on what is now the corner of Lancaster Road and Upton LaneHidden London - Upton
/ref> It was rebuilt in 1731. In 1827, it was the birthplace of the surgeon

Joseph Lister Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and pioneer of aseptic, antiseptic surgery and preventive healthcare. Joseph Lister revolutionised the Sur ...

. In 1893 a temporary church for St Peter's Church, Upton Cross was set up in its gardens, with the house forming the vicarage'West Ham: Domestic buildings', in ''A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6'', ed. W R Powell (London, 1973), pp. 50-57
/ref> - the permanent church was later built in the gardens. The vicarage was demolished in 1967-1968 and its site is now occupied by Joseph Lister Court.

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* Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Newham British country houses destroyed in the 20th century {{London-struct-stub Houses completed in 1731 Buildings and structures demolished in the 1960s