This is a 19th century rebuilding of a much earlier house and was in considerable grounds. John Bowack, writer of 'Antiquities of Middlesex' who lived in Sands End, records:

'a very ancient seat...sweetly situated and very pleasant in summer although in winter sometimes incommoded by the water, being on low ground. The gardens are extraordinarily fine and many wintergreens such as cypress, yew and fir which flourish here extremely well, make it remarkable.'

The 'incommoding' by water is probably why there were few substantial residences in the Sands End manor. Following the occupation of the house by four generations of Deliverance Smith's, from 1763 to 1812, the property was owned by the Bagley family for some time. They were market gardeners and planted some 35 acres of fruit and nut trees here. Throughout both families residence a very different view must have been presented to anyone walking down Bagley Lane compared to that seen within 50 years of their departure. Charles Feret, the local historian writing in 1900, laments that there were then:

'two or three genteel streets leading towards the newly-built Wandsworth Bridge Road', but the rest has become 'a region of poverty and squalor'

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Source(s):

A History of Fulham