113, Blackheath Park Se3

This is an early to mid-19th century villa of three storeys and three windows, situated within Blackheath Park. The house is constructed of yellow brick with a stuccoed front, featuring a moderately pitched hipped slate roof with deep eaves. The central section and corners are slightly set back. The central windows on the first and second floors are three-light, while the second floor has casements. The first floor windows are sash windows, all set within plain reveals. At ground floor, the central section has a canted bay with pilasters, an entablature, and a blocking course, topped with three round-arched sash windows. The left and right windows on the ground floor are full-length casements with transoms, also three-light.

The left entrance return is four bays, with the left bay being canted and extending the full height. First and second-floor sash windows are present, along with cill bands. The two left bays at ground floor have full-length casements with transoms. The lower third bay, defined by stuccoed quoins, features sash windows and a second-floor cill band. All windows have stucco-lined reveals. The main entrance, on the ground floor, is framed by paired pilasters, an entablature, and a blocking course, leading to a modern double door with a patterned radial fanlight, likely imported. A lower right bay is blank, containing a chimney.

Inside, the drawing-room retains two original marble fireplaces and a screen formed of fluted, square Corinthian columns, which are now blocked. The house is historically associated with John Stuart Mill, who resided there in the 1860s during his involvement with the Women’s Emancipation Movement. It was also once occupied by Lord Aberdeen, the Prime Minister, for an unspecified period.