East Sheen Lodge
East Sheen Lodge was an 18th-century house in East Sheen, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, on the west side of Sheen Lane, with grounds extending to Richmond Park. It was built around 1720.[1]
Its residents included Sir John Barber, Lord Mayor of London in 1732, and Rear Admiral William Fitzroy, whose large household is recorded in the 1851 census. James Stuart-Wortley bought the property in 1858, renamed it Wortley Lodge, and soon realised the potential of the land in East Sheen for development.
Later residents included the 1st Duke of Fife and Princess Louise in 1889, and it was by a pond in the garden that her brother, the future George V, proposed to Queen Mary and it was where the Duchess of Fife delivered her two daughters, Princesses Alexandra and Maud.[1][2] In 1908 the property was up for sale, and described in an extensive brochure,[1] and in 1912 Rear Admiral Horace Hood purchased the property,[3] he died at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, and his wife continued to live in the Lodge until 1925.
East Sheen Lodge was the last of the grand houses in East Sheen to be demolished. It survived until 1965, though it had been converted into apartments in 1925.[1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "East Sheen Lodge". mortlake-history.org.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ "East Sheen Lodge, Richmond, May 20th, 1891". newspapers.com. 20 May 1891. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "A FORMER ROYAL RESIDENCE. Captain the Hon. Horace Hood, R.N., Commander of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, has bought Sheen Lodge, Richmond". 11 September 1912. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "East Sheen Lodge, formerly the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Fife, is being converted into residential flats". newspapers.com. 11 September 1925. Retrieved 16 May 2025.