Here's another "Lost Houses and Gardens" story:

Morning Chronicle — Wednesday 26 February 1823

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THE LATE A. F. PIESCHELL ESQ.

WINES

MR. PHILLIPS respectfully announces, that on Saturday next, at One, by Order of the Administrators, he shall Submit by AUCTION, at his Great Rooms, New Bond-street, TWO CELLARS of excellent FRENCH and FOREIGN WINES, selected with judgment from favourite vintages, and greatly matured by time, the entire Property of the late

A. F. PIESCHELL, Esq.

which will be Sold without reserve, and delivered from the Cellars of his Residences, at Wandsworth Common, and Bullard's, — near Croydon, Three Hundred and Twenty Dozens of Old Port, Madeira, Sherry, Marcellas, Hock, Malmsey, Constantia, Burgundy, Champagne, Bucellas, Claret, Noyeau, Usquebagh, Rum, Hollands, &c. &c. The Ports have been in bottle eight and twelve years, and have retained their high flavour and colour.

The Wines may be tasted at the time of sale, and will be warranted to accord with the samples exhibited, and removed from the binns as numbered, and an arrangement made for the removal to the purchasers at an early expence.

Catalogues will be ready on Thursday next; and then to be had at the Auction Mart; and 73, New Bond-street.

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The house itself, and three acres of pleasure grounds, were advertised earlier in the month, on 13th February 1823:



"Burntwood Lodge, an elegant Cottage Villa, delightfully situate on a pleasing eminence, commanding beautiful views of Lord Spencer's Park, late the residence and property of Augustus Frederick Pieschell, Esq. deceased . . . "

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Augustus Frederick Pieschell — who he? Ah, another story for another time . . . 

[Note: Should you want to look up AFP for yourself, it may be worth searching not only for "Pieschell" but also "Pleschell", since search engines (and some authors) see the "i" as an "l".]

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Hello, Robert Good to hear from you. What an interesting project. I don't know a huge amount about Augustus Pieschell - just fragments that I haven't put together yet. To compound the problem of researching him, his surname seems to have been rendered in any number of ways: Pieschell, Pleschell, Pechell etc - as you saw in my early piece on him (at which time I had failed to identify the correct spelling): Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser — Wednesday 7 April 1824 60 dozen bottles of Port and 15 dozen of Madeira from a Wandsworth Common cellar to be sold by auction. SALES BY AUCTION Choice Wines — By WINSTANLEY and SONS At the AUCTION MART, near the Bank of England, On FRIDAY, the 9th Instant, at One, Small Quantity excellent PORT, consisting of about 60 dozen, bottled the years 1808, 1810, 1811, and 1813; and 15 dozen of Tinta Madeira, the property of a Gentleman removing from his residence on Wandsworth Common, from whence the Wine will be regularly permitted to the purchasers. Samples may be had previous to the day of Sale, with Catalogues, of Winstanley and Son, Paternoster Row; Catalogues also at the Mart. [BNA: Link.] This "gentleman removing from his residence on Wandsworth Common" was Augustus Pechell, who for some reason was often called "Pleschell" or "Pieschell". He was leaving Burtnwood Lodge, near the Grange and Collamore at the top of Burntwood Lane. Of Mr Pechell/Pieschell/Pleshell another time. __________________________________ Here are some of those unsorted fragments - might give you some leads? BURNTWOOD LODGE Pieschell presumably lived at Burnwood House between c.1813 and 1823,since: Morning Post - Monday 01 March 1813 R. Clark, Burntwood Lodge, Wandsworth, grocer, March 9, 16 and April 10, at one, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs. Gatty and Haddon, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. Kentish Gazette - Friday 11 June 1813 Bankruptcies superseded. Richard Clarke, Burntwood Lodge, Wandsworth, grocer. Morning Advertiser - Tuesday 18 February 1823 Wandsworth Common, Surrey.—Elegant Cottage Villa, With excellent attached and detached Offices, Garden, Lawn, and Paddock, the whole comprising about Three Acres. By Mr. OLDING, on the Premises, on the South side of Wandsworth Common, near Upper Tooting, on MONDAY, the 24th instant, at Twelve, by order of the Administrators, unless previously disposed of by Private Contract. BURNTWOOD LODGE, an elegant Cottage Villa, delightfully situate on pleasing eminence, commanding beautiful views of Lord Spencer’s Park, and the rich surrounding Country, late the residence and property of Augustus Frederick Pieschell, Esq. deceased - the House is in the most complete order, the principal apartments elegantly fitted up with costly marble chimney-pieces, and suitable decorations, and contains a capital dining-room, about 19 feet by 15, communicating to a conservatory, a morning room, paved entrance hall, vestibule and stone staircase, leading to three principal bed-rooms, two smaller ditto, and water closet, domestic offices, of every description, convenient brew-house, washhouse, &c. a spacious carriage yard, with coach-houses and stabling, several servants’ rooms over ditto, granary, and cow-house - the Lawn and Pleasure Grounds tastefully disposed, an elegant bath-room, a productive walled garden, melon ground, and paddock, the whole containing about three acres - the Premises are held for 18 years, from Midsummer last, at a low rent. To be viewed by cards till the day of sale (Sunday excepted) ; and which, with particulars, may be had of Mr. Olding, 71, Fleet-street. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ There's a memorial naming him in St John's Wood: Charles Augustus Godfrey Pieschell, d.1821, of New Norfolk St, who supported numerous charitable institutions in Britain, as well as establishing ‘an asylum in his native city of Magdeburg in Germany for the education of poor boys and girls’. Panel with black border supporting a carefully carved casket in high relief with with fronds and a shield above, lion’s feet supports, and floralities below the panel forming a short apron. Signed by [Thomas] Sams, Downes St, Piccadilly, a monumental mason producing work from 1810 through to the 1830s. Augustus Fredrick Pieschell, d.1822, of Wandsworth Common and of Ballards in Surrey. Same design as Charles Pieschell, also by Thomas Sams. ___________________________________________________________ Insurance MS 11936/489/999896 Records of Sun Fire Office.Policy register. | Insured: The Heirs of A Pieschell esq deceased Other property or occupiers: House situate on... | Insured: The Heirs of A Pieschell esq deceased Other property or occupiers: House situate on Wandsworth Common | Held by: London Metropolitan Archives: City of London ___________ Any help? If you find anything more, do let me know. Keep up the good work. Philip ______ Dear Mr Boys, I have been researching into my great great grandfather, the New Bond Street Auctioneer, Harry (aka Henry) Phillips, when I came across your entry concerning the auction by Harry of Piesschell’s fortified wine and wine collections. One of the things I have been trying to identify is who were the people for whom Harry conducted auctions. Apart from royalty, a number were plantation owners (most of whom had lost much of the vast incomes they were originally receiving although to no benefit of the slaves conscripted on those plantations). I had not identified Pieschell before and I was hoping that you might be prepared to supply a thumbnail sketch, as I have not been able to track him. You have been able to ascertain more about Wandsworth than I have about Harry but your informative work is a spur to me to keep trying. Regards Robert Phillips __________

See also

— St John’s Wood Chapel