Squire's Mount, Hampstead
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| Squire's Mount | |
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National Trust | |
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 Squire's Mount, Hampstead | |
| Grid reference: | TQ26628620 |
| Location: | 51°33’38"N, 0°10’29"W |
| Built 1714 | |
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Squire's Mount is a grand Georgian house and estate in Hampstead, Middlesex, built as a mansion on Hampstead Heath, which was then a countryside location favoured (as indeed it is today) by the wealthy, who built magnificent villas here away from London but conveniently close to it.
Squire's Mount gives a name to a small, Georgian estate. Together with neighbouring Chestnut Lodge it is a Grade II* listed building.[1] This was once a terrace of four houses, now consolidated into two residences, each built around 1714, though with later alterations The house was home of Edwin Field, a law reformer, during late 19th century; at one time provided a home for Mrs Holts School for Young Ladies.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chestnut Lodge and Squires Mount) |
- Squire's Mount, Hampstead: National Trust Heritage Monument Record]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1378798: Chestnut Lodge and Squire's Mount (Grade II* listing)