Mount Clare, Roehampton
Mount Clare is a Grade I listed house built in 1772 in Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
The architect was Sir Robert Taylor, and the house was enlarged with a portico and other enrichments in 1780 by Placido Columbani. It was Grade I listed on 14 July 1955.
The house was built for the politician George Clive and the gardens were landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.Notable residents
Clive died in 1779. Subsequent residents have included:
The house was requisitioned by Wandsworth Borough Council in 1945. In 1963 it became a hall of residence for Garnett College, the UK's only dedicated lecturer-training college. Garnett College became part of Woolwich Polytechnic, then Thames Polytechnic, then the University of Greenwich.
Today, Mount Clare is owned by the Southlands Methodist Trust and used as a hall of residence for the University of Roehampton.
