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The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is required to compile lists of buildings of special architectural or historic interest for the guidance of local planning authorities. Conservation policies are often based on the lists, which are being revised within nationally applied surveys of specific building types.
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 Buildings of local architectural or historic interest (86 kb)
How buildings are chosen
The principles of selection for these lists were originally drawn up by an expert committee of architects, antiquarians and historians, and are still followed, although now adapted to thematic surveys and Post-War buildings. Buildings that qualify for listing are:-
(a) All buildings before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition.
(b) Most buildings between 1700-1840, though some selection is necessary.
(c) Between 1840 and 1914 only buildings of definite quality and character, the selection being designed to include the best examples of particular building types.
(d) Selected buildings from the period after 1914 are selected on the same basis.
(e) Buildings under 30 years old (but more than ten) are normally listed only if they are of outstanding quality and under threat.
In choosing buildings, particular attention is paid to:-
- Special value within certain types, either for architectural or planning reasons or as illustrating social and economic history (for instance, industrial buildings, railway stations, schools, hospitals, prisons, theatres).
- Technological innovation or virtuosity (for instance cast iron, prefabrication, or the early use of concrete).
- Group value, especially as examples of town planning (for instance, squares, terraces or model estates).
- Association with well-known characters or events.
A survey is carried out by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport's inspectors for each Local Authority area, and buildings are classified in grades to show their relative importance.
GRADE I
These are buildings of exceptional interest. There are five in the Borough:-
(a) Church of St. Mary, Battersea Church Road, SW11.
(b) Mount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15.
(c) Granada Cinema (Gala Bingo), Mitcham Lane, SW17
(d) Parkstead (Manresa) House, Roehampton Lane, SW15.
(e) Roehampton House, Roehampton Lane, SW15.
GRADE II*
These are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. There are 38 in the Borough:-
(1) Albert Bridge, Albert Bridge Road, SW11.
(2) Church of St. Paul, Augustus Road, SW19.
(3) War Memorial, Battersea Park, SW11.
(4) Church of St.Mark, Battersea Rise, SW11.
(5-10) Nos. 1-6 Church Row, SW18.
(11) Battersea Power Station, Cringle Street, SW8.
(12) The Bull, at foot of Downshire Field, Alton Estate, SW15.
(13) Wandsworth House, 170 (formerly 174-6) East Hill, SW18.
(14) Binley House, Highcliffe Drive, SW15
(15) Charcot House, Highcliffe Drive, SW15.
(16) Denmead House, Highcliffe Drive, SW15.
(17) Dunbridge House, Highcliffe Drive, SW15.
(18) Winchfield House, Highcliffe Drive, SW15.
(19) Church of the Ascension, Lavender Hill, SW11.
(20) Battersea Community Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, SW11.
(21) Church of All Saints, Lower Common, SW15.
(22) Temple in grounds of Mount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15.
(23) No. 8 (Dixcote), North Drive, SW16.
(24) Holy Trinity Church, Ponsonby Road, SW15.
(25) Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Putney High Street, SW15.
(26) No.9 Putney Hill, SW15.
(27) No.11 Putney Hill, SW15.
(28) St Luke's Church, Ramsden Road, SW11.
(29) Downshire House, Roehampton Lane, SW15.
(30) Grove House (Froebel Institute), University of Surrey, Roehampton Lane, SW15.
(31) Church of St. Anne, St. Ann's Hill, SW18.
(32) Granada Cinema (Gala Bingo), 58 St. John's Hill, SW11
(33) Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Trinity Road, SW11
(34) Table tomb, entrance to the Old Burial Ground, Upper Richmond Road, SW15.
(35) No. 30 (Old Battersea House), Vicarage Crescent, SW11.
(36) No. 44 (Devonshire House), Vicarage Crescent, SW11.
(37) Church of All Saints, Wandsworth High Street, SW18.
(38) Ram (Young's Brewery Complex), Wandsworth High Street, SW18
This list was revised January 2008, and includes all additions, deletions and regradings since the last major re-survey by the then Department of the Environment in April 1983, and supersedes all previous issues of this list.
Interiors of listed buildings
The inclusion of a building in the statutory list confers control over the entire building including the interior. In fact some buildings are listed more because of the quality of the interior than the exterior. This is the case with some cinemas.
Curtilage buildings
A listed building is one included in a list compiled or approved by the Secretary of State. The listing of a building confers protection not only on the building but also on any object or ancillary structure fixed to the building, plus 'any object or structure within the curtilage of the building which, although not fixed to a building, forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948'.
Listed building consent
Proposals for demolition, or works to alter or extend a listed building that would affect its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest require listed building consent from us. This includes alterations to the interior. Applications for listed building consent can be made online or on downloadable forms. It is an offence to carry out works to a listed building without consent so it is advisable to consult our Conservation and Design Officer at an early stage in the project.
Details of Wandsworth's listed buildings
Details of each of the listed buildings in the Wandsworth can be found on the Listed Buildings Database. The database, which can be searched by address, gives the date of listing and listing description. You can also link to a map showing the location of the listed building. Listed building information is also indicated where applicable on our "Tell me about my property".
Accessing details of listed buildings via mapping
Using mapping Wandsworth you can display the boundaries of listed buildings in a particular area of the borough.
Summary of the borough's main listed buildings
Two hundred years ago the present borough of Wandsworth did not exist, either as an administrative area, or as a place that any current resident would recognise. The land was characterised not by buildings, but by fields and woods and the natural topography of the three river valleys of the Wandle, Beverley and Falcon Brooks meandering to the River Thames. The present character of Wandsworth has only really developed over the past two centuries. The enormous growth at the end of the 19th century transformed small hamlets into town centres. Five town centres were established at Balham, Clapham Junction, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth. More recently the industrial riverside has been undergoing immense change with the emergence of new riverside quarters.
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Balham and Tooting
Battersea
Clapham Junction
Putney
Roehampton
Wandsworth
Balham and Tooting
Balham and Tooting developed as settlements along the old coach route out of London to the south and west. Development only really burgeoned following the opening of railways in 1863. Balham's parish church, St. Mary's, was built in 1808 whilst Tooting's St. Nicholas was re-built in 1833 replacing an earlier building that incorporated a Saxon tower. F W Hunt designed St. Luke's Church in Ramsden Road built in 1889. Nos.68-72 Upper Tooting Road are rare examples of early Georgian development, some of the earliest domestic buildings in the Borough. Nos. 69-79 and 81-95 Nightingale Lane are two groups of late 19th century buildings, the former in an exuberant Arts and Craft Style richly decorated in terracotta, the latter a Classically inspired group of shophouses. Clapham South, Balham, Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway underground stations, all by Charles Holden were opened following the extension of the Northern Underground Line in 1926.
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Battersea
Battersea district grew from a few hamlets such as Battersea village and settlements along former coach routes. A church at Battersea was referred to in a papal bull in 1157. This church was replaced in 1775 by a new one, incorporating a stained glass window from 1630. Now listed grade I the Church of St. Mary forms the focus of the surviving remnants of Battersea Village set around Battersea Square. The bridge of 1772 was replaced by the current Battersea Bridge dating from 1890. The nearby Albert Bridge by R M. Ordish was opened in 1873. It was the development of the railways after 1840 that transformed the area with the population increasing from 6,600 in 1841 to 169,000 by 1901. Battersea Power Station by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was built in 1932 to supply electricity to London. Now redundant it is destined for a new life with a vibrant mix of leisure uses.
Clapham Junction
As the railway companies built their network of lines through the 1840's, 50's and 60's, Clapham Junction became and remains the busiest railway interchange in the country. The Station Master's House of around 1840 and Battersea Park Railway Station of 1865 were joined by a variety of buildings that sprang up to serve the burgeoning population: from the former Battersea Town Hall now Battersea Arts Centre (grade II*) of 1892 by E W Mountford and Battersea Reference Library by T W A Hayward built in an Arts and Craft Style in 1924; from The Grand Theatre , 1900 by E A Woodrow, to the former Gala Bingo Hall (grade II*) built as the Granada Cinema in 1937: from the Falcon Hotel, a late 19th century public house to Arding & Hobbs Store of 1912, (Allders).
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Putney
Putney grew up as a crossing point on the river Thames, the bridge of 1729 replacing a ferry and this was part of an old coaching route frequently used by the Royal Family on their travels to the west of England. The current Putney Bridge of 1884 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, widened in 1933 is well-known for its boat race associations. St. Mary's Church, (grade II*) was re-built in 1836 by Edward Lapidge, although it retains its medieval tower and chapel. Putney expanded rapidly after the opening of the railway to Richmond in 1846 and the underground in 1887 - the White Lion public house bears this date. Nos. 23 and 25 Oakhill Road were built in the late 19th century in an Arts and Craft Style, by the architect William Young as houses for himself and his wife's sister.
Roehampton
Roehampton emerged as a favoured residential suburb of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries following the opening of Putney Bridge in 1729 and the development of a number of large private estates from which several of the original houses survive. Roehampton House (grade I) by Thomas Archer was built between 1710-12 and enlarged by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1910. Parkstead House (grade I) built in 1750 for the Second Earl of Bessborough, now forms part of the University of Surrey. Mount Clare (grade I) built in 1772 for George Clive, cousin of Lord Clive, also forms part of the University of Surrey, along with Grove House (grade II*), built originally for Sir Joshua Vanneck in 1777. 'Capability' Brown is reputed to have laid out the grounds. Nearby Downshire House (grade II*) was built in 1770 and soon occupied by the Marquess of Downshire. Roehampton Village has retained something of its rustic Georgian charm, best exemplified by the King's Head Inn, at the foot of Roehampton High Street and the Montague Arms, Medfield Street, both 17th century in origin. Dramatic change came to Roehampton when the London County Council built the massive Dover House Estate of the 1930's and the Alton East and West Estates of the 1950's. At Highcliffe Drive on Alton West, the LCC essentially retained the Georgian landscape and placed within it five ultra modern slab blocks: Binley, Winchfield, Dunbridge, Charcot and Denmead Houses, (all grade II*) inspired by Le Corbsusier's Unite d'Habitation.
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Wandsworth
Wandsworth grew up as a crossing point on the River Wandle where originally horse-drawn coaches would ply between central London and the west of England. All Saints Church (grade II*) was begun in 1630. During the 17th and 18th centuries the Huguenots settled in Wandsworth attracted by its cloth mills on the Wandle and developed a hat industry for which Wandsworth was once famous. The Old Burial Ground contains a number of listed tombs commemorating the Huguenots. Youngs Brewery developed in Wandsworth due to the availability of water for brewing. Wandsworth has a selection of fine Georgian buildings, from the town houses at 1-6 Church Row (grade II*) of 1723 and 70 Wandsworth High Street, circa 1740, to the early 18th century pair of cottages at 140-142, and the Friends' Meeting House of 1778. The Town Hall was opened in 1937 as the administrative offices of Wandsworth Borough Council and built to designs by E A Hunt.
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