Belle Vue House in Petersham Road
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Belle Vue House in Petersham Road
Belle Vue House in Petersham Road
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SC_PHL_01_689_67_8532 (Collage 163294)
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Front and side elevation of 39-41 Petersham Road, Richmond upon Thames. This is a late eighteenth-century detached house with enlargements and extensions added in the nineteenth century. Formerly known as Belle Vue House, the original frontage was on the south-facing elevation, now largely obscured by a single storey and a two-storey extension. The front elevation has three storeys with the ground-floor being an arcaded, nineteenth-century single-storey section, projecting onto the pavement. Two bricked-in, recessed, arched window spaces can be seen set within two pairs of Ionic columns at ground-floor level. A bullseye window is set within the roof pediment. The south-facing elevation has four storeys with a large circular plaster medallion motif visible also in the roof pediment. The original entrance to the house in the central section is set back from the street. A partial view of the door can be seen with an illuminated sign above saying, "BELLE VUE HOUSE". There is a wrought-iron gate set within a pair of pillars and a tiered brick wall to the front connecting to a further pillar. The house is Grade II listed, listing number 1180747. The house was once occupied by an early Mayor of Richmond, Edward Hertslett, and later converted into a hotel in the late nineteenth century. To the extreme right of the image can be seen a terrace of nineteenth-century four-storey houses with double-bay windows. Two pedestrians can be seen in front of the house, one of whom is carrying an umbrella. The buildings lie within the Richmond Hill Conservation Area.
Front and side elevation of 39-41 Petersham Road, Richmond upon Thames. This is a late eighteenth-century detached house with enlargements and extensions added in the nineteenth century. Formerly known as Belle Vue House, the original frontage was on the south-facing elevation, now largely obscured by a single storey and a two-storey extension. The front elevation has three storeys with the ground-floor being an arcaded, nineteenth-century single-storey section, projecting onto the pavement. Two bricked-in, recessed, arched window spaces can be seen set within two pairs of Ionic columns at ground-floor level. A bullseye window is set within the roof pediment. The south-facing elevation has four storeys with a large circular plaster medallion motif visible also in the roof pediment. The original entrance to the house in the central section is set back from the street. A partial view of the door can be seen with an illuminated sign above saying, "BELLE VUE HOUSE". There is a wrought-iron gate set within a pair of pillars and a tiered brick wall to the front connecting to a further pillar. The house is Grade II listed, listing number 1180747. The house was once occupied by an early Mayor of Richmond, Edward Hertslett, and later converted into a hotel in the late nineteenth century. To the extreme right of the image can be seen a terrace of nineteenth-century four-storey houses with double-bay windows. Two pedestrians can be seen in front of the house, one of whom is carrying an umbrella. The buildings lie within the Richmond Hill Conservation Area.
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