Cross Deep

A late 17th century house

1698

A brick built riverside house of five bays with three storeys and a basement, built in the 1690s and expanded with two semi-octagonal wings in 1751 to a design by James Gibbs (1682-1754), who also remodelled the interior. Some Victorian additions.

1689/90 House built by James Fish (d1690)
1698 Mary Heneage
1708 John Willson (c.1670-1746), purchaser
1728 Thomas More (d.1736), purchaser
1736 empty, secured by Barnaby Backwell,
the owner of the mortgage
1743 John Ward, tenant of Barnaby Backwell
1751 Barnaby Backwell (1711-1754), great, great grandson of Edward Backwell (1618-83) the banker and jeweller ruined by Charles II in 1672. Edward bought Bushy Park from Parliament/Cromwell in 1753.
house extended to design by James Gibbs
1754 Sarah Backwell (d.1764), widow
1765 Peter Shakerley (d.1781),
tenant of Miss Sarah Backwell (d.1797)
1782 Captain Smith ditto
1783 the Hon.George Shirley (d.1788) ditto
1788 Sir Paul Pechell (d.1800) ditto
1802 Anne, Lady Mendip (1715-1803),
tenant of J.B.Praed (1779-1837),
Miss Backwell’s heir
1804 Frederick Augusta Barnard (1743-1830),
purchaser
1805 George Barnard (1777-1817), son

Cross Deep in 1928

Further reading

Architectural Review (1923) pp.216-221, HdeC, “Cross Deep, Twickenham, Surrey (sic)”
Richmond & Twickenham Times 19 March 1966, p.18, “Twickenham’s finest inhabited house….”
Michael Lee, Cross Deep, The House, its Owners and Tenants, The Twickenham Museum Occasional Paper No.2, 2005

Note: * signifies tenant or lessee of property, where known. Many of the dates noted are "spot" dates taken from rate books, directories, Enclosure Award, maps, or other sources and may not indicate arrival or departure of an occupier. Occupation is shown chronologically although some exact dates have not yet been ascertained.