Cloth Hill
| Cloth Hill | |
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.jpg) The house in 2016 | |
  Location within Greater London | |
General information | |
| Location | The Mount, Hampstead, London, England |
| Coordinates | 51°33′30″N 0°10′45″W / 51.5584°N 0.1791°W |
| Year built | c. 1694 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Cloth Hill |
| Designated | 11 August 1950 |
| Reference no. | 1378993 |
Cloth Hill is a 17th-century house on The Mount in Hampstead, north London, England.
Built around 1694 as two houses, it was later combined into a single residence.[1][2] It is believed to be the second-oldest house in Hampstead after Fenton House.[3] William Beech, a Quaker cloth merchant, lived there shortly after its completion, and Voltaire visited Beech's son-in-law, Andrew Pitt, at the property in 1728.[3] The house was divided again in 1801. In the late 19th century one half was occupied by The Mount School, while the other was the home of publisher Edward Bell.[2] The entrance gate is depicted in Ford Madox Brown's 1865 painting Work, where a sign advertises the property as a "genteel family residence".[3]
The central block dates from 1694, with the northern wing dating from the early 17th century.[2] The 1998 London North volume of the Pevsner Architectural Guides describes Cloth Hill as a "fine mansion".[1] It has been listed at Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England since August 1950.[2]
In 1993 it was offered for sale for under £1 million, and in 2025 it was marketed for £18 million by Savills and Marcus Parfitt.[4] Writing in Country Life, Carla Passino noted that the property's value had risen more than ninefold beyond what would ordinarily be expected from inflation.[3] The house had only three owners in the 140 years preceding 2025.[3]
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- 1 2 Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1 January 2002). London. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-300-09653-8.
- 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Cloth Hill (Grade II*) (1378993)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Passino, Carla (22 March 2025). "A gorgeous home that offers a slice of country life in the heart of Hampstead". Country Life. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ↑ "Cloth Hill". Savills website. Savills. Retrieved 15 October 2025.