Etloe House - Church Road, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 33.935 W 000° 01.240
30U E 706485 N 5716929
Etloe House, built in 1760, is a Grade II listed building in Leyton, east London. It is located on the south west side of Church Road behind a high boundary wall. The gates are usually open and the building can be seen from the street.
Waymark Code: WMPPP1
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/03/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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The building, now converted to flats, is Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website telling us:

Substantial house. Circa 1760-70, refronted early C19. Stucco. Slate roof. Symmetrical. 3 storeys; 3 bay centre with 3 bay 2-storey wings, slightly recessed. Centre bay slightly advanced with low crenellated gable. Central projecting porch with corner buttresses and battlemented parapet cambered up over depressed gable; pointed arched entrance.; dripmoulds, pinnacles. Square headed windows of 1, 2 and 3 lights with dripmoulds. Plate glass. Crenellated parapet. Ogee domed finials to octagonal corner buttresses flanking centre piece. Rear facade retains C18 character.

Interior: contains C18 staircase and some early C19 painted glass.

Etloe House was the home of William Bowyer (1699-1777) friend of Dr Johnson and proprietor of The Gentleman's Magazine; also of Cardinal Wiseman.

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