| The Homestead | |
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  Location within London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Location | 113 Church Road, Barnes, London SW13 in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | The Homestead Wall and Railings on Road Frontage |
| Designated | 25 October 1951 |
| Reference no. | 1191889 |
The Homestead is a Grade II listed house at Church Road, Barnes, London SW13, built in about 1720. [1]
The Scottish physician, librarian, and medical historian Robert Willis lived and practised there from 1846 until his death in 1878. [2]
Sir Ralph Moor, high commissioner of the British Southern Nigeria Protectorate poisoned himself there in 1909. The coroner's jury determined that "the poison was deliberately taken whilst temporarily insane after suffering acutely from insomnia", having heard evidence that Moor had suffered for the last four years on his return from Africa with malarial and backwater fever that induced insomnia. [3]
Mortlake is a suburban district of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes. Historically it was part of Surrey and until 1965 was in the Municipal Borough of Barnes. For many centuries it had village status and extended far to the south, to include East Sheen and part of what is now Richmond Park. Its Stuart and Georgian history was economically one of malting, brewing, farming, watermen and the Mortlake Tapestry Works (1617-1704), Britain's most important producer. A London landmark, the former Mortlake Brewery or Stag Brewery, is on the edge of Mortlake.
East Sheen, also known as Sheen, is an affluent suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Barnes was a local government district in north west Surrey from 1894 to 1965, when its former area was absorbed into the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Richmond Park is a parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Sarah Olney of the Liberal Democrats won the seat at a by-election in 2016 after Zac Goldsmith of the Conservative Party stood down in protest over expansion of Heathrow Airport. Goldsmith stood as an independent at the by-election, but the Conservative whip was restored for the 2017 general election, where he regained the seat with a slim majority. Olney won the seat from Goldsmith a second time at the 2019 general election.
The A316, known in parts as the Great Chertsey Road, is a major road in England, which runs from the A315 Chiswick High Road, Turnham Green, Chiswick to join head-on the M3 motorway at Sunbury-on-Thames. Its initial London section Chiswick Lane heads south — following this it is a mostly straight dual carriageway aligned WSW.
Mortlake Crematorium is a crematorium in Kew, near its boundary with Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It opened in 1939, next to Mortlake Cemetery.
Sir Ralph Denham Rayment Moor, was the first high commissioner of the British Southern Nigeria Protectorate.
St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake is a parish church in Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is part of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion. The rector is The Revd Canon Dr Ann Nickson.
St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake is a Roman Catholic church in North Worple Way, Mortlake, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its priest is Canon Francis Moran.
Holy Trinity Barnes is a Church of England church in Castelnau, Barnes, London. Its vicar is David Cooke.
123 Mortlake High Street, also known as The Limes or Limes House and previously referred to as Mortlake Terrace, is a Grade II* listed 18th-century property in Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade II listed Church of England church in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is located at 39 Elm Bank Gardens, London SW13 0NX.
Christ Church, East Sheen is a Church of England church on Christ Church Road, East Sheen, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its vicar is Rev David Guest. Sunday services are held at 8 am and 10 am, with baptisms on the first Sunday of the month at noon. Evensong is held at 5 pm.
18 Station Road, also known as Milbourne House, is a Grade II* listed house at Station Road, Barnes, London SW13, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It has an early 18th-century facade, and earlier features internally.
The Terrace is a street in Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It forms part of the A3003, and runs west from its junction with Barnes High Street and Lonsdale Road to the east, where it becomes Mortlake High Street. The street has houses only on one side, all overlooking the River Thames.
14 The Terrace, Barnes is a Grade II listed house at The Terrace, Barnes, London SW13, facing the River Thames, built as one of a pair with no 13 in the mid-18th century.
Barnes Football Club was an association football that had its origins in Barnes, London. The club had great importance in the development of the game in the nineteenth century.
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Coordinates: 51°28′31″N0°14′28″W / 51.475155°N 0.241249°W
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