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Mount Clare, Roehampton
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Mount Clare is a Grade I listed house built in 1772 in Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
Quick Facts Listed Building – Grade I, Official name ...
Mount Clare | |
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![]() Mount Clare in an engraving from 1779 by William Watts | |
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Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Mount Clare, Minstead Gardens, SW15 |
Designated | 14 July 1955 |
Reference no. | 1184436 |
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The architect was Sir Robert Taylor,[1] and the house was enlarged with a portico and other enrichments in 1780 by Placido Columbani. It was Grade I listed on 14 July 1955.[2]
The house was built for the politician George Clive[1] and the gardens were landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.[3]