White Cottage, Morden Road, Mitcham
Partial / Incomplete Date | c.1958 |
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Area | Mitcham |
Copyright 1 | News and Mercury |
Picture Reference | Mit_Buildings_44-1 |
Original Format | Photo |
Notes / History | Built in the latter part of the 18th Century, White Cottage is a rare example of a three-storeyed, tiled and weatherboarded house. It is of a construction once common throughout north east Surrey and Kent. The property was a private residence and part of the Morden Hall Estate but passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1942 and has since been listed as a Grade II property. For a short period between 1875 until 1883 the property was leased and subsequently owned by Robert Ellis, a mineral water manufacturer. He sank an artesian well at the rear of the property and built and ran a small factory and office. |