Wandsworth High Street

Watercolour by E. Hassell, depicting Wandsworth High Street. 1827.

This watercolour depicts a detailed architectural drawing of a building located in Wandsworth according to the inscription. The building is a three-storey house with a façade that features a prominent central entrance with a decorative pediment above. The building has multiple windows with the ones of the bottom level having external shutters. The building is painted in a soft pink hue, with white shutters and pediment. The gable roof is decorated with two parapets. one ending on a triangle and the other on a semicircle. This disposition is reversed on the pediments located one floor below..To the right of the building we can see a fence, and to the left of the building another three-story building is attached to it.There are inscriptions on both the top and bottom area of the watercolour. The top inscription is "Wandsworth" , while the bottom area reads "Old house in Wandsworth, near the church" and "E. Hassell 1827".