Editing Petersham, London (section)

===Notable buildings===
[[Listed building|Listed buildings]] include a [[Watchman (law enforcement)|watchman's]] box, that also served as a [[village lock-up]]<ref name="Watchman listing">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065343|desc=Watchman's Box and Village Lock Up|date= 25 June 1983|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> and dates from 1787.<ref name="Village Lock-Up">{{cite web | url=http://www.petershamvillage.org/PV/Village_Lock-up.html | title=Village Watchman's Hut & Lock-up | publisher=Petersham Village | access-date=18 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160006/http://www.petershamvillage.org/PV/Village_Lock-up.html | archive-date=19 October 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Petersham Road (part of the [[A307 road|A307]]) includes an extremely sharp right-angled bend edged by a pair of handsome [[wrought iron]] gates. This is the entrance to [[Montrose House]], one of the most notable houses in Petersham. After a spate of serious accidents on the bend in the road, the neighbours formed a group in the 1850s called Trustees of the Road. The Hon. [[Algernon Tollemache]] of Ham House was their leader and they managed to persuade the owner of Montrose House to part with some land to reduce the sharpness of the bend. But various dents in the brick wall today reveal that motorists are still taken unawares by it.<ref>Weinreb and Hibbert, p. 610</ref>

Adjacent to Montrose House and equally as impressive is Rutland Lodge, built in 1666 for a [[Lord Mayor of London]];<ref name="RIBApix - Rutland">{{cite web | url=https://www.architecture.com/image-library/RIBApix/image-information/poster/rutland-lodge-petersham-london-the-main-front/posterid/RIBA42036.html | title=Rutland Lodge, Petersham, London: the main front | publisher=RIBApix | access-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> it is Grade II* listed.<ref name="Rutland isting">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1065338|desc=Rutland Lodge and Entrance Gate and Piers to Rutland Lodge|date = 10 January 1950|access-date= 13 June 2023}}</ref>

Another historic house in Petersham is [[Douglas House, Petersham|Douglas House]], just off the west drive to [[Ham House]]. One of its notable inhabitants was [[Catherine Douglas, Duchess of Queensberry|Catherine, Duchess of Queensberry]]. In 1969 it was bought by the [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] for use as a [[German School London|German school]]. New buildings have been erected in the grounds, but the original house and stables have been preserved.<ref>Weinreb and Hibbert, p. 241</ref>