25 Oakhill Road

25 Oakhill Road

25 Oakhill Road is a Grade II listed house in Oakhill Road, Putney, London SW15.^[1]

History[]

• It was built in 1880 as Briarbank, by the architect William Young [not to be confused with Will Young, singer^[2]] for his wife's sister. Young lived next door at 23 Oakhill Road.^[1]

Historic England[]

• The description of the house, provided by National Heritage:^[3]
  • Main frontage 2-storeys and gable.
  • Yellow stocks, red brick dressings, and red rubbers.
  • Tiled roofs with ridge tiles.
  • Porch and 4-light canted bow to left, all beneath tiled lean-to roof: the porch with wooden turned pier and valance.
  • First floor wooden canted bow at left under cambered arch and 6-light mullion-and- transom window at right-hand angle.
  • Barge-boarded half-hipped gable with oriel, pargetted cove and vane.
  • To right 2-storey gabled bay with advanced 4-light ground floor window under lean- to roof, 4-light first floor window under cambered arch and bargeboarded gable.
  • Stacks with oversailing courses.
• This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Random Information[]

• Numerous residents have claimed to hear the ghost of an old woman in one of the upstairs bedrooms.^[4]
• There are two unmarked gravestones in the back garden.
  

  Front view of house

References[]

Coordinates: 51°27′34″N 0°12′21″W / 51.459374°N 0.205696°W / 51.459374; -0.205696

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