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Stamford House, Wimbledon

Coordinates: 51°25′32″N 0°13′44″W / 51.425598°N 0.228768°W / 51.425598; -0.228768
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Stamford House, 2016

Stamford House is a Grade II listed house on the west side of Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon, London, built in about 1720.[1]

Stamford House housed a "series of local vicars", and later became a school.[2]

From 1926 to 1940, there was a theosophical community living at Stamford House, led by Edward Lewis Gardner (1869-1969), who was a leading member of the Theosophical Society in England, and its general secretary from 1924 to 1928.[3]

Soldiers were billeted here during the Second World War, after which it was converted into nine flats.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "STAMFORD HOUSE, 23, WEST SIDE COMMON SW19 (1285895)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Wimbledon Society Newsletter June 2013.pub" (PDF). Wimbledonsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ^ "E.L. Gardner on Leadbeater | C.W. LEADBEATER". Cwleadbeater.wordpress.com. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Stamford House". Bcrevill.nildram.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  5. ^ "First impressions of Wimbledon". Wimbledonmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2017.

51°25′32″N 0°13′44″W / 51.425598°N 0.228768°W / 51.425598; -0.228768