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Another distinctive house, built in 1868 by George Trollope and Sons for one of the sons. It is of gault brick with stucco decoration, and an imposing central section consisting of an Ionic colonnade surmounted by a balustrade with strapwork details and four arched windows on the first floor. Since 1942 the house has served as a Darby and Joan Club. It is within the Leigham Court Road (North) Conservation Area.
Leigham Court Road was laid out in 1839, and while development began in the early 1840s, it didn’t really take off until after the building of the Crystal Palace and West End Railway and the opening of Streatham Hill station in 1856. Quite a number of the original, large Victorian houses survive at either end of the road, and even though their grounds have in some cases since been built on, the remaining mature trees and general landscaping have enabled the area to retain “much of its original arcadian character.” Information from Lambeth Council (Link (Archive Link ) ).