tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post4244882530477939097..comments2024-03-14T05:53:41.618+00:00Comments on Ham Photos: Latchmere House (side)Matthew Reeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17373136348794501350noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post-88772441047266755312011-07-29T10:54:25.295+01:002011-07-29T10:54:25.295+01:00Many thanks Matthew, that's very helpful.
I d...Many thanks Matthew, that's very helpful.<br /><br />I don't recognise the building, however the building in the left of the scene looks rather like the end of St Andrew's Church on Ham Common - the two slim spires are very characteristic. That would locate Alcott House somewhere in the woods at Ham Common. Maybe the artist used his/her license though. Don't suppose it's the rear of Ormeley Lodge. Regards, Jon. <br /><br />http://www.vegansociety.com/feature-articles/prototype%20vegans.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post-77792847868553764472011-07-28T15:22:12.504+01:002011-07-28T15:22:12.504+01:00Searching Google Books has proved quite fruitful a...Searching Google Books has proved quite fruitful and I've found a picture of the house and garden here http://www.vegsource.com/john-davis/vegetarian-equals-vegan.htmlMatthew Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373136348794501350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post-20083482424111865292011-07-28T13:24:15.103+01:002011-07-28T13:24:15.103+01:00I've found a publication (on p21) which has a ...I've found a publication (on p21) which has a photo of the garden at 'Alcott House', but frustratingly no photo of the house itself. <br /><br />http://www.archive.org/details/bronsonalcottata00sanbrichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post-51650912565589877312011-07-28T13:10:13.503+01:002011-07-28T13:10:13.503+01:00Hello Matthew. Thanks for your reply. I see your p...Hello Matthew. Thanks for your reply. I see your point. <br /><br />Inspired by your photo of MI5's Camp 020 (Latchmere House), I started to look up a story I vaguely remembered about the Soil Society and Jorian Jenks who was interned there. I'd also heard that there was a Ham property used for promoting utopian ideas - and I found mention of Alcott House.<br /><br />Do you happen to know whether Alcott House (Ham Common) still exists? Is it now maybe St Michael's Convent. There's a Wikipedia page about Alcott House and the Ham Common Concordium. All I can find is that it was a school on the north side of Ham Common. TC<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_020<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcott_HouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post-44700073961919940412011-07-27T23:57:24.760+01:002011-07-27T23:57:24.760+01:00As far as I can tell, Latchmere House is split alm...As far as I can tell, Latchmere House is split almost equally between Kingston and Richmond, which will make any redevelopment problematic.Matthew Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373136348794501350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156973427957040889.post-13973349237064399732011-07-27T12:16:05.102+01:002011-07-27T12:16:05.102+01:00Funny angle that shot. It'll be interesting to...Funny angle that shot. It'll be interesting to see how the site is developed - whether access to the site will be from Latchmere Lane or Church Road. Hopefully all the trees will be kept and also the grassy margin between the wall and the existing housing. Maybe someone will maintain it in the future - the Home Office never paid much attention to cutting the grass, gettingt rid of the graffiti and fly-tipping. I can't see it becoming a school - the school is needed by Kingston but the prison is in Richmond - an insurmountable problem! TCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com