Folly house in Fitzgerald Avenue, Mortlake (2)
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Folly house in Fitzgerald Avenue, Mortlake (2)
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 9 May 2014
Surely one of the oddest small buildings in London, put together from re-cycled bits and pieces which might have been found at some architectural jumble sale. I've known it for many years, and wish I'd taken photographs before the present high wall was built, as this conceals much of the ground floor from the street. Below the bow-shaped pediment is the inscription 'DOMUS MEA EST DOMUS ORATIONIS', and a date - MDCXCVI (1696);
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Image Location
Latitude
51.465829
Longitude
-0.25445