Fulham House
Fulham House is a Grade II listed house at 87 Fulham High Street, Fulham, London.[1]
It was originally called Passors, based on a family living on the site during the reign of Edward III. A passor or passator was a ferryman. A later occupant was the wool merchant Ralph Warren, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1536.[2]
Passors was then occupied by the cloth merchant Sir Thomas White, also a Lord Mayor of London, as well as a civic benefactor and founder of St John's College, Oxford. Passors was inherited by Sir Henry Cromwell, grandfather of Oliver Cromwell.[2]
In 1804, it became the Fulham House School for Girls having been let to the Misses Fleming, then the Loves, and from 1840, the Misses King ran the school for 40 years.[2]
In 1879, it was purchased by the local builder Parkins Hammond Jones, and the family lived there until 1904 when it was taken over by the War Office to be used as a Territorial Army headquarters.[2]
The current building was built in the early 18th century, but the cellars are probably earlier.[1]
It is now home to the Army Reserve's Royal Yeomanry.
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References
- 1 2 Historic England. "Fulham House (1079814)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Denny, Barbara (1997). Fulham past. London: Historical. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0948667435.
Coordinates: 51°28′06″N 0°12′36″W / 51.4682°N 0.2100°W