Survey of London Monograph 12, Cromwell House, Highgate

The history and architecture of Cromwell House on Highgate Hill, built by Robert Sprignell in the early seventeenth century.

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Philip Norman, Survey of London Monograph 12, Cromwell House, Highgate (London, 1926), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk12 [accessed 30 April 2025].

Philip Norman, Survey of London Monograph 12, Cromwell House, Highgate (London, 1926), British History Online, accessed April 30, 2025, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk12.

Philip Norman. Survey of London Monograph 12, Cromwell House, Highgate (London, 1926), British History Online. Web. 30 April 2025. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/bk12.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Members of the Survey Committee 4-7
Description of the plates 8-11
Preface 13-14
Cromwell House: Historical notes 15-35
Cromwell House: Architectural description 36-46
Appendix A: List of the owner-occupiers since 1586 47
Appendix B: Pedigree of Sprignell of Highgate 48-49
Appendix C: The carved figures on the staircase 50
Index 51-55
Plate 1 (frontispiece): Entrance 1
Plate 2: Plans of the principal floors 2
Plate 3: Elevation to Highgate Hill 3
Plate 4: Entrance gates 4
Plate 5: Doorway to garden wing 5
Plate 6: Section through entrance passage and staircase 6
Plate 7: Staircase, plans and details 7
Plate 8: Staircase, sectional elevations 8
Plate 9: Staircase balustrading 9
Plate 10: Staircase, details of doors 10
Plate 11: Staircase, drawing 11
Plate 12: Carved figures on staircase 12
Plate 13: South room, ground floor 13
Plate 14: South room ceiling 14
Plate 15: Matron's Room, plan and north wall 15
Plate 16: Matron's Room, walls 16
Plate 17: Principal room, ceiling 17
Plate 18: First floor smaller room, ceiling 18
Plate 19: Basement doors 19
Plate 20: Highgate House in 1830 20
Plate 21: Highgate House in 1865 21
Plate 22: View from south 22
Plate 23: South view 23
Plate 24: Entrance doorway 24
Plate 25: Entrance gates 25
Plate 26: North front and wing 26
Plate 27: North front 27
Plate 28: Views of north wing 28
Plate 29: Staircase 29
Plate 30: Staircase 30
Plate 31 31
Plate 32: Staircase 32
Plate 33: Staircase 33
Plate 34: Staircase 34
Plate 35: Staircase 35
Plate 36: Staircase 36
Plate 37: Staircase balustrading 37
Plate 38: Carved figures on staircase 38
Plate 39: Carved figure on staircase 39
Plate 40: Carved figure on staircase 40
Plate 41: Carved figure on staircase 41
Plate 42: Carved figure on staircase 42
Plate 43: Carved figure on staircase 43
Plate 44: Carved figure on staircase 44
Plate 45: Carved figure on staircase 45
Plate 46: Doorway on staircase 46
Plate 47: South room, ground floor 47
Plate 48: South room fireplace 48
Plate 49: South room fireplace, details 49
Plate 50: South room fireplace, details 50
Plate 51: Transomed window in south room 51
Plate 52: Matron's Room 52
Plate 53: Eighteenth century stair 53
Plate 54: Principal room, plaster ceiling 54
Plate 55: Principal room, plaster ceiling 55
Plate 56: Smaller room, plaster ceiling 56
Plate 57: Smaller room, fireplace 57
Plate 58: Da Costa wing, fireplace 58
Plate 59: Da Costa wing, fireplace 59
Plate 60: Plaster frieze 60
Plate 61: Plaster frieze 61
Plate 62: Plan of Springell lands 62