Lauriston Cottage, with plaque commemorating William Wilberforce
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Lauriston Cottage, with plaque commemorating William Wilberforce
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 19 Feb 2013
This house stands at the corner of Lauriston Road and Southside. The connection with Wilberforce is that it served as the stable block to Laurel Grove (later Lauriston House), a house built circa 1724 - which belonged to Wilberforce's uncle. Wilberforce - now remembered chiefly as a leading figure in the campaign to abolish slavery - lived here for a few years as a young man. http://www.wimbledonmuseum.org.uk/index.php/collections/artefacts/curators-choice/131-william-wilberforce-plaque There is a suggestion that Laurel Grove's stables were converted from buildings older than the house itself. What survives has been altered and re-altered, but it seems to me quite possible that part of the fabric could date from the late 17th century. Notice the Classical pediment on the left side of the building - beyond the tall chimney stack. Lauriston House (the former Laurel Grove) was demolished in 1957.
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