356 AND 358, KEW ROAD

House pair built in the early to mid-18th century for the Engelhart family, a family originating from Hanover. The property was extended in the early 19th century and later in the 20th century with a conservatory added to number 358. The original part of the building is constructed of brick with a stuccoed ground floor. It has a tiled, double-pitched roof and brick chimneystacks. The building is three storeys high with a basement and has six windows. A parapet with stone coping tops the facade. The second floor features six-pane sash windows with horns and cambered heads, while the first floor has twelve-pane sashes with cambered head linings. A decorative band separates the ground and first floors, featuring paterae with putto heads. The ground floor windows are twelve-pane sashes with shutters. Number 356 has an early 19th-century brick extension of two storeys, featuring sashes without glazing bars and a round-headed doorcase to the right. Number 358 has a two-storey stuccoed lean-to extension that imitates masonry, along with a two-storey canted bay featuring twelve-pane sashes. A side-elevation doorcase is accessed through a 20th-century conservatory, which includes round-headed arches and 20th-century paintings by Charles Mozley. The rear of number 358 is stuccoed with several multi-pane sashes. The interior of number 356 includes a staircase with stick balusters and a mid-18th-century reception room with a plastered ceiling depicting agricultural motifs, designed by Francis Engelhardt. Number 358's dining room features a 1750s cornice with sexaglyphs and paterae, a bolection-moulded fireplace, a dado rail, and 20th-century marbling by Charles Mozley. A dogleg staircase with stick balusters, column newels, and embellished doors also bear Mozley’s mark. The first-floor reception room in number 358 has a ceiling designed by Engelhardt, with a circular central decoration featuring urns and putti, along with a cornice of urns and anthemion motifs. A fireplace painted by Charles Mozley includes putti and swags. A wide doorcase with pilasters leads to an annex with a similar ceiling. A bedroom on the first floor retains its original fireplace and a bathroom with nude murals in a Classical style, also by Mozley. The second floor has an original panelled screen to the top of the stairs, two-panelled doors, and an original fireplace with a Mozley painting of an urn, floral swags, and fruit. Further Mozley features are murals after Piero della Francesca in the Conservatory and green arches to the Garden Room. Two round-headed arches lead to the cellar. The Engelhardt family arrived from Hanover with George I. Francis Engelhardt created the pre-Adam plastered ceilings. Later residents included Thomas Engelhardt, a miniaturist and artist, and Bower, a botanist and artist. In the 20th century, John Plant and Charles Mozley, both artists, resided at the property.