Petersham Lodge

Petersham Lodge
General information
Type Residential
Location Petersham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
Construction started early 18th century
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name Petersham Lodge
Designated 10 January 1950
Reference no. 125021

Petersham Lodge is a Grade II listed[1] house on River Lane, Petersham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Rebuilt in the early 18th century for the Duchess of Queensberry,[1] it is a former grace and favour mansion.

Notable residents

On the death in 1779 of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington, Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford bought the lease, and he purchased the fee simple in 1784 from the Crown, an act of Parliament having been passed for that purpose. The house was repaired and redecorated by John Soane in 1781. In 1790 it was sold by him to the Duke of Clarence (who later became William IV). Matthew Banckes rebuilt it for Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester in 1791–92. James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton was born there in 1786.

Prince Rupert Loewenstein, the longtime financial manager of the rock band The Rolling Stones, lived there until his death in 2014, having purchased it for about £2 million in 1987.[2]

References

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Coordinates: 51°26′49″N 0°18′15″W / 51.446858°N 0.304261°W / 51.446858; -0.304261


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