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A large four-square house whose first recorded occupant was John Southgate, a manufacturer and wholesaler, in 1876-88. The design is essentially Classical, but with the typical heavier Victorian details. The unfortunate dormer windows are late C20th. The house is currently a hotel. 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 ) ).