The house was built for Sir Thomas Jenner, Justice of the Common Pleas under James II, but is named after the Dowager Duchess of Montrose (widow of the 3rd Duke)[2] who lived there from 1837 to 1847.[2][3] In the 1870s it was occupied by John Master, a retired magistrate from the Indian Colonial Service, his wife Gertrude, and his children. One of his daughters, Hilda Master, went on to become the mother of Sir Anthony Blunt.[4] It was bought by the entertainer Tommy Steele in 1969[2][3] and sold by him in about 2004.[5]
The house is located at a sharp right-angled bend on Petersham Road (part of the A307). After a spate of serious accidents on the bend in the road, the neighbours formed a group in the 1850s called Trustees of the Road. The Hon. Algernon Tollemache of Ham House was their leader and they managed to persuade the owner of Montrose House to part with some land to reduce the sharpness of the bend. However, various dents in the brick wall today reveal that motorists are still taken unawares by it.[6]
Adjacent to Montrose House is Rutland Lodge, built in 1660 for a Lord Mayor of London.
montrose, house, confused, with, montrose, holly, springs, mississippi, late, 17th, century, grade, listed, building, petersham, road, petersham, london, borough, richmond, upon, thames, general, informationtyperesidentiallocationpetersham, london, borough, ri. Not to be confused with Montrose Holly Springs Mississippi Montrose House is a late 17th century Grade II listed building 1 at 186 Petersham Road Petersham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 1 Montrose HouseGeneral informationTypeResidentialLocationPetersham London Borough of Richmond upon Thames EnglandConstruction startedlate 17th centuryListed Building Grade II Official nameMontrose HouseDesignated25 June 1983Reference no 1065342The house was built for Sir Thomas Jenner Justice of the Common Pleas under James II but is named after the Dowager Duchess of Montrose widow of the 3rd Duke 2 who lived there from 1837 to 1847 2 3 In the 1870s it was occupied by John Master a retired magistrate from the Indian Colonial Service his wife Gertrude and his children One of his daughters Hilda Master went on to become the mother of Sir Anthony Blunt 4 It was bought by the entertainer Tommy Steele in 1969 2 3 and sold by him in about 2004 5 The house is located at a sharp right angled bend on Petersham Road part of the A307 After a spate of serious accidents on the bend in the road the neighbours formed a group in the 1850s called Trustees of the Road The Hon Algernon Tollemache of Ham House was their leader and they managed to persuade the owner of Montrose House to part with some land to reduce the sharpness of the bend However various dents in the brick wall today reveal that motorists are still taken unawares by it 6 Adjacent to Montrose House is Rutland Lodge built in 1660 for a Lord Mayor of London Montrose House in art EditA drawing of the rear of Montrose House was made by Wilfred Fairclough in July 1941 as part of the Recording Britain collection of topographical water colours and drawings produced in the early 1940s during the Second World War It is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum 7 References Edit a b Historic England 25 June 1983 Montrose House 186 Petersham Road 1065342 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 31 July 2015 a b c Cloake John 1998 New Light on Old Petersham Houses 2 Richmond History Journal of the Richmond Local History Society 19 17 ISSN 0263 0958 a b Hibbert Christopher Keay John Keay Julia 2010 The London Encyclopaedia Pan Macmillan p 559 ISBN 9781405049252 Guardian Staff 15 November 2001 Anthony Blunt His Lives by Miranda Carter The Guardian Retrieved 17 June 2021 Douglas Rachel 21 April 2004 Celebs in the move Evening Standard Retrieved 20 February 2021 Weinreb Ben Hibbert Christopher 1992 The London Encyclopaedia reprint ed Macmillan p 610 Montrose House Petersham Back Recording Britain Search the Collections Victoria and Albert Museum Retrieved 21 September 2013 Coordinates 51 26 46 N 0 18 10 W 51 4460 N 0 3027 W 51 4460 0 3027 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Montrose House amp oldid 1036804697, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
