
Putney Heath | Wandsworth |
Putney Heath is part of Wimbledon and Putney Commons, and adjoins Wimbledon Common to the south, the remains of extensive common lands in the area. In the C18th it was a notorious place for duels and highwaymen and Tibbet's Corner, the site of a gallows, now lies in the centre of a roundabout. The Heath is on undulating land with areas of woods and grassland and has several ponds including Scio Pond. There are a number of memorials on the Heath, including the war memorial to the north near Putney Heath Road, and a memorial to the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. An obelisk by George Dance was erected in 1788 to commemorate an experimental fire-proof house created by David Hartley in 1776, near Tibbet's Corner. Opposite the Green Man Pub in the north east is the former Pound for stray animals.
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Near Putney Heath was former grounds of Bovey Tracey, for which Capability Brown designed a landscape plan in 1774 for Baron Tracey, later 6th Viscount Tracey of Toddington, but neither the house nor grounds remain. Putney Heath is now bisected by the busy A3 and its north tip has become a bus terminating point. Part of it is flanked by the post WWII LCC Argyle Estate, while its east boundary consists of large houses and flats facing Wimbledon Park Side. Within the Heath itself is an area enclosed for a bowling green in the late C17th by the Lord of the Manor, Earl Spencer. The popularity of bowling led to further greens being added and their existence is recalled in the road name Bowling Green Close. The area was later built over with housing, including modernist housing as well as 1930s blocks of flats set in areas of landscaping, such as Highlands Heath.
Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, 'The London Encyclopaedia' (Macmillan, revised ed. 1993); Edward Walford, 'Old & New London' Vol 61 (Cassell & Co., c.1885/6); D Stroud; LB Wandsworth, Putney Heath Conservation Area Character Statement; Wandsworth Conservation and Design Group, 'Putney Heath Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Strategy' (2009)