Sandycome Lodge, Twickenham. Villa of J.M.W. Turner Esqr R.A. Drawn by W Havell/Engraved by W.B. Cooke, 1814 (detail)
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Twickenham – Sandycombe Lodge



1807 - J M W Turner, the artist, buys a plot of land in Twickenham. The site is bounded by what are now Sandycombe Road and St Margaret's Road. Turner also buys a separate plot nearby. (Parry-Wingfield, 4) DB

1812 - Turner completes the building of his villa. Initially called Solus Lodge, the name is changed to Sandycombe Lodge a year later. (Parry-Wingfield, 16) DB

1826 - Turner sells Sandycombe Lodge after his father moves to Turner's central London house in Queen Anne Street. The buyer is Joseph Todd, a retired haberdasher of Clapham, who pays £500 (Parry-Wingfield, 16) DB

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