Description

CAMDEN

TQ2686NW NORTH END WAY
798-1/8/1226 The Hill Garden southern pergola &
14/12/78 terrace
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTH END WAY
Terrace & Southern Pergola in Hill
Garden at Inverforth House)

GV II*

Colonnaded pergola, aligned westwards on Inverforth House
(qv), running south from the wider Cruciform Pergola (qv), a
section turning eastwards for 35m and then further southwards
for approximately 80m including a belvedere, as the central
feature the Southern Summerhouse (qv) and terminating in a
belvedere. c1906-10. By Thomas H Mawson as part of a garden
scheme for Lord Leverhulme at The Hill (now Inverforth House).
This part of the garden is now in separate ownership to the
house; for the house garden features see Inverforth House,
North End Way entries. Paired concrete Doric columns on
pedestals linked by stone balustrades. Columns carry timber
superstructure imitating Doric entablature. Brick pavement.
Belvederes with wrought-iron balustrading. First two sections,
on their western & south sides, raised on brick terrace
retaining walls forming continuous outbuildings with
square-headed 3-light windows having concrete lintels.
Southern section, on western side, raised on brick terrace
walls forming a massive open loggia with round-arches having
moulded brick heads, keystones and imposts. Brick pilaster
strips rise to correspond with balustrade dices. Brick cornice
above arcade. 4th bay from left with brick architraved keyed
oculus. Belvederes supported on semicircular projections with
entrances at ground level architraved and having keystones.
Summerhouse supported on a rectangular projection with
round-arched opening with keystone flanked by keyed oculi;
single oculus on each return. Back walls of loggia supported
by brick flying buttresses.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the terraces were constructed using spoil
from the Hampstead Tube excavation. Excellent views from the
terrace over Hampstead Heath and back towards the house. The
garden was divided when the house became a hospital; this part
of the garden is open to the public.

Listing NGR: TQ2610686626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548498

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  For the Record
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)