Wildwood Terrace, Hampstead, Middlesex One Place Study

Date: 1884
Location: Hampstead, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies England Middlesex

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Wildwood Terrace, Hampstead

Wildwood Terrace was constructed at North End, Hampstead circa 1884 by local builder Thomas Clowser of Hampstead.

It is a terrace of four properties, each property comprising four floors (basement, ground floor, first floor and second floor).

The rear of the properties overlook the properties of Wildwood Grove, some of which were also built by Thomas Clowser.

The properties are numbered sequentially from the southmost property:

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1 Wildwood Terrace

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In 1887 No. 1 was home to W J Burford. His daughter was born at No. 1 on 1 March.

At the time of the 1891 census, the property was unoccupied.

At the time of the 1901 census, the property was unoccupied.

At the time of the 1911 census, the property was home to:

1	John	Barton	Head	Married	M	33	Gardener domestic	b. Penrith
2	Jessie	Barton	Wife	Married	F	38	-	b. Holmes Chapel
3	William Henry	Barton	Brother	Single	Me	21	Gardener domestic	b. Lymm

John Barton lived at the property until his death in 1917.

In 1932No. 1 was home to Charles James Shutler and Addie Edith May Shutler nee Mawby.

In 1964 No. 1 was home to Ian Richard Hodgson and Uta Hodgson nee Pevsner, the daughter of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner who lived next door at No. 2.

In June 2015 No. 1 was listed for sale at £2.25m. It was relisted in April 2017 for £1.9m and sold in October 2017 for £1.72m. The property particulars stated the property had been in the same family ownership since 1957. The accommodation covered 1.762 sq. ft. and included a 64 ft. front garden which spanned the entire terrace.

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2 Wildwood Terrace

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At the time of the 1891 census, the property was unoccupied.

In 1896 the Reverend Stewart Dixon Stubbs of 2 Wildwood Terrace placed an advertisement in the situations vacant column of the Hampstead & Highgate Express on 1 August 1896 for a 'Cook wanted in a small clergyman's family'.

In 1899 the Reverend Stubbs was advertising for a 'Housemaid, able and willing, to wait on an invalid lady'.

At the time of the 1901 census, the property was described as 'Home to the Aged Poor' with the following occupants:

1	Frederick	Crawford	Inmate	75	M	Married	No occupation	b. Clapham
2	Mary Ann	Crawford	Inmate	75	F	Married	No occupation	b. London
3	Mary	Bathmaker	Inmate	78	F	Single	No occupation	b. London
4	Anne	Bartlett	Inmate	82	F	Widow	No occupation	b. Geraywell
5	Elizabeth Mary	Jameson	Inmate	73	F	Single	No occupation	b. Dover
6	Hannah Harbow	Bohlish	Inmate	65	F	Widow	Needle woman	b. Yarmouth
7	Emma	Mason	Inmate	57	F	Single	Needle woman	b. Hampstead
8	Hannah	Smith	Inmate	76	F	Widow	Needle woman	b. Great Dorma
9	Annie	Williams	Inmate	65	F	Widow	No occupation	b. Chisledon

In 1906 No. 2 was offered by George Clowser for rent at £1 6s, including all rates and taxes. The advertisement suggested the house was 'convenient for two families'.

At the time of the 1911 census, the property was home to:

1	George	Clowser	Head	58	M	Married	House Agent	b. Hampstead
2	Annie Edith	Clowser	Wife	42	F	Married	Household Duties	b. West Drayton
3	George F	Clowser	Son	18	M	Single	Apprentice Plumber	b. Hampstead
4	Reginald Thomas	Clowser	Son	16	M	Single	Apprentice Instrument Maker	b. Hampstead
5	Sidney Harold	Clowser	Son	16	M	Single	Barristers Clerk	b. Hampstead
6	Basil Alfred	Clowser	Son	12	M	Single	At school	b. Hampstead

In 1916 No. 2 was still home to George Clowser.

In 1918 the leasehold of No. 3 was offered for sale.

In 1932 No. 2 was home to Winifred Beatrice Clowser. The same year two furnished flats at the property were advertised for rent. By 1937 Winifred had moved to No. 11 Wildwood Grove.

From 1936 until 1983 no.2 was home to Architectural Historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983). In 2007, a commemorative blue plaque was erected by English Heritage on the property.

In March 2011 No. 2 was sold for £1.49m. It was sold again in March 2013 for £1.9m. It has since been relisted twice, in August 2015 and March 2017, on both occasions for £2.2m.

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3 Wildwood Terrace

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At the time of the 1891 census, the property was home to:

1	Mary	Root	Head	Single	F	53	Matron conval home	b. Shelford
2	Eliza	Halderson	Visitor	Widow	F	59	Cook	b. London
3	Isabella	Chore	Visitor	Widow	F	21	Living on her means	b. London
4	Margaret	Wall	Servant	Single	F	20	General servant domestic	b. Aldgate

At the time of the 1901 census, the property was home to:

1	Mary	Root	Matron	63	F	b. Stretford
2	Catherine	Sutton	Inmate	19	F	b. Kings Cross
3	Elizabeth	Bird	Servant	43	F	b. Bond

At the time of the 1911 census, the property was home to:

1	Ada Clara	Jones	Head	Single	F	47	-	b. Stepney
2	Barbara	Maskin	Visitor	Widow	F	66	-	b. Bishopsgate
3	Francis Lydia Ann	Marshall	Servant	Single	F	17	General servant	b. Soho
4	Ada Harriett	Perry	Visitor	Single	F	23	Housemaid	b. Brentford
5	Leah Eliza	Woodrose	Visitor	Widow	F	55	Charwoman	b. Westminster

In 1913 Clare, aged 23, of No. 3 was seeking employment within a small family.

In 1916 No. 3 was operating as the Convalescents' Cottage House with Mrs Ellen Brooks as matron.

In 1939 a bed-sitting room was advertised at the property.

In 1939 No. 3 was home to poet Geoffrey Grigson

At the time the 1939 Register was taken, No. 3 was home to:

202

1

Lucie

Imbach

F

8 Mar 1904

Single

Housekeeper

In 1964 No. 3 was home to Roger T Walters and Gladys M Walters.

In June 1966 the property was sold for £350,000. In February 2012 it was sold again, this time for £1.69m.

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4 Wildwood Terrace

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On 4 November 1885 the scientist Dr Walter Flight FRS died at No. 4 aged 44.

At the time of the 1891 census, the property was home to:

1	Katherine	Flight	Head	Widow	F	44	Living on her own means	b. Ambleside
2	Walter C	Flight	Son	Single	M	10	-	b. London
3	Minnie	Flight	Daughter	Single	F	8	-	b. London
4	Friede R	Flight	Daughter	Single	F	6	-	b. London
5	Eleanor	Fell	Sister	Single	F	47	Living on her own means	b. Ambleside

At the time of the 1901 census, the property was home to:

1	Edwin Jether	Lambert	Head	45	M	b. Hinton
2	Maria	Lambert	Wife	49	F	b. St Georges Hanover
3	Lois Celige	Lambert	Daughter	13	F	b. Marylebone
4	Arnold Stuart	Lambert	Son	12	F	b. Marylebone
5	Phyllis Donall	Lambert	Daughter	7	F	b. St John's Hampstead
6	Florance Louisa	Shaw	Servant	16	F	b. Monmouth

At the time of the 1911 census, the property was home to:

1	Edwin Jether	Lambert	Head	Married	M	55	Artist painter	b. Old St E C
2	Maria	Lambert	Wife	Married	F	59	-	b. St George Hanover Sq
3	Lois Celia	Lambert	Daughter	Single	F	23	Physical culture	b. Blenheim Villas St Johns Wood
4	Arnold Stuart	Lambert	Son	Single	M	22	Engineer	b. Blenheim Villas St Johns Wood
5	Phyllis Dorrell	Lambert	Daughter	Single	F	17	Art student	b. 4 Wildwood Terr Hampstead

In 1916 No. 4 was home to Edwin Jether Lambert and Alfred Jarvis, a landscape gardener.

In 1919 No. 4 was home to Arnold Stuart Lambert.

In 1937 No. 4 was home to Christopher Frank Millett and Louisa Marion Millett. By end September 1939 they had moved to Surrey.

At the time the 1939 Register was taken, No. 3 was home to:

203	1	Mary M	Richardson	F	7 Jul 1896	Widowed	Telephonist
203	2	Courtney A H	Kitchin	M	4 Jun 1898	Married	Deputy Director Home Office ARP Staff School
203	3	Irna	Rachwerger	F	28 Apr 1886	Married	Vience Refugee Domestic
204	1	Albert	Lustig	M	2 May 1900	Married	Manager Boot & Shoe Shop Maker ??
204	2	Edith W	Lustig	Female	7 Jul 1897	Married	Assistant Sales Woman Unpaid

In 1964 No. 4 was home to John Geoffrey Thomas Hollis and Pamela Hollis nee Horns. John lived at the property until his death in 1972.

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There have been no planning applications on any of the four properties since 1 January 2002, other than an application to fell an ash tree in the rear garden of No. 4 in November 2021.

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