Rosslyn House was a historic residence in what is now the

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area of London. Dating back to the sixteenth century and then known as Grove House, it was acquired in 1794 by the Scottish judge

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC, King's Counsel, KC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1780 when he was ...

, the

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. Around this time it had an estate of around twenty one

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. After his death, the property was named after the Earl by subsequent occupant Robert Milligan himself known for his role in the construction of the

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at one point considered it as a possible nursery for the Royal family. The previously rural area began to change in the mid-nineteenth century when nearby Belsize House and its grounds were developed to provide housing for the expanding capital. The Rosslyn House estate also began to be sold off in parcels for new streets. In 1896 the house was demolished to be turned into housing. The street names of the redeveloped area commemorate Rosslyn and other Lord Chancellors of the late

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, Eldon, Lyndhurst and Thurlow. Lyndhurst Road follows the route of the old Rosslyn Grove approach to Rosslyn House.Wade p.72

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* Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''London 4: North''. Yale University Press, 2002. * Wade, Christopher. ''The Streets of Belsize''. Camden History Society, 1991. 1896 disestablishments in England Buildings and structures demolished in 1896 Country houses in London Former houses in the London Borough of Camden Demolished buildings and structures in London Hampstead Belsize Park {{coord missing, London