Lynwood

Old house, occupied by 'Mrs. [Catherine] Gore [1799-1861], the authoress of many novels now out of date', after her financial situation had been eased by an inheritance from a maternal cousin. The 1859 Directory describes it thus: ‘Linwood, the country res of Mrs. Gore, the popular novelist, is a neat villa, built by the late Gen. Sir Chas. Phillips, who occupied it for about forty years.