Hill, The, Hampstead, (also known as Inverforth House), London, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest:

An early 19th century garden, redesigned by Thomas H Mawson in the early 20th century with colonnaded pergolas extending over two further gardens.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

The Hill, occupying about 3 hectares, is located to the north of Hampstead, on the eastern edge of the West Heath area of Hampstead Heath. Inverforth House and The Hill gardens are bounded by North End Way to the east, Inverforth Close to the north and the Heath to the north (beyond the Close), west and south. The gardens are enclosed by fences. The site slopes down from Inverforth House to the west, with exceptional views to the west and south-west from the gardens and the pergola over the Heath and beyond.

REFERENCES used by English Heritage:

T H Mawson, The Art and Craft of Garden Making (1907), pp 272-277

Gardeners' Chronicle ii, (1912), pp 482-483

Architectural Review 34, (1913), pls 12-13

Country Life, 43 (23 February 1918), pp 186-193

T H Mawson, The Life and Work of an English Architect (1927), pp 129-130, 179-180, 189

G Beard, Thomas H Mawson (1976), pp 20-21, 55

B Cherry and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London 4: North (1998), pp 217-219, 235

Maps

Cruchley's New Plan of London and its Environs, 1835

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1866

2nd edition published 1894-1896

3rd edition published 1914

Description written: September 1998

Edited: May 2000