West Side House, Wimbledon
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West Side House, Wimbledon
Image: © David Anstiss Taken: 13 Jan 2013
No 6, West Side Common. A large extended Grade II listed house, has been divided into flats. It has a rectangular blue metal plaque on the gate post. Which reads "Built early in 16th Century as the 'Mansion House' of the large Warren estate. It was the home of Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Chancellor 1827-30, and of Spencer Gore, the first Wimbledon Tennis champion in 1877." See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205191-west-side-house-greater-london-authority for more details about the house. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Lyndhurst for more details on the politician. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Gore_(sportsman) for more details about the sportsman.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.423346
Longitude
-0.227877