Upton House, Newham

Upton House was a building in West Ham, Essex (now the London Borough of Newham) on what is now the corner of Lancaster Road and Upton Lane^[1] It was rebuilt in 1731.^[2] In 1827, it was the birthplace of the surgeon Joseph Lister. In 1893 a temporary church for St Peter's Church, Upton Cross was set up in its gardens, with the house forming the vicarage^[2] - the permanent church was later built in the gardens. The vicarage was demolished in 1967-1968^[2] and its site is now occupied by Joseph Lister Court.

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[1] Hidden London - Upton

[:0-2] 'West Ham: Domestic buildings', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6, ed. W R Powell (London, 1973), pp. 50-57

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