Introduction
Putney Park Lane may be a remnant of a medieval lane that once provided access to The Pleasance, the site of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Putney Park hunting lodge. It is now maintained as public open space by LB Wandsworth.
- Visitor Access & Directions
Access Contact Details
Opening is unrestricted.Directions
Bus: 74, 85, 170, 337, 424
- Designations
- Conservation Area
- Reference: Dover House Estate and Westmead
- Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation
- History
History
The lane was laid out by the early C18th as a formal tree-lined drive for a house built on the site of the former hunting lodge and later became the access to a number of grand houses built here including Granard House, Putney Park House and Dover House. The latter's early C18th entrance lodge remains, now known as Regency Lodge. To the south of the lane at the junction of Putney Park Lane and Putney Heath is South Lodge.
Period
- 18th Century
- References
Contributors
London Parks and Gardens Trust