The House from a 1905 postcard
Built / Designed For: Sir John Shaw
House & Family History: Built on the site of a former lodge to Eltham Palace, Eltham Lodge is a triple-pile brick house that was the first Dutch-style house in England (it also sports the first hipped roof in England). The best surviving example of the work of Hugh May, Eltham Lodge ultimately became the prototype of the Georgian country house. The House is today occupied by the Royal Blackheath Golf Club (the oldest golf club in England) on a long-term lease from the crown. At Caumsett, the Marshall Field II estate on New York's Long Island, architect John Russell Pope designed, in the 1920s, the north façade of the main house (facing Long Island Sound) in emulation of Eltham's façade.
Country Life: XLVI, 168, 210, 1919.
Title: John Russell Pope: Architect of Empire
Author: Bedford, Steven McLeod
Year Published: 1998
Reference: pg. 92
Publisher: New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 0847820866
Book Type: Hardback
Title: Glory of the English House, The
Author: Esher, Lionel
Year Published: 1997
Publisher: London: Barrie & Jenkins
ISBN: 0752904434
Book Type: Hardback
House Listed: Grade I
Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Sir John Shaw, 17th century.
Current Ownership Type: The Crown / Royal Family
Primary Current Ownership Use: Club
Ownership Details: Today The Royal Blackheath Golf Club
House Open to Public: No
Phone: 02088-501-795
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.royalblackheath.com
Historic Houses Member: No