A view of the front and side elevations of Wyldes Farm, also known as Old Wyldes, at 2 Hampstead Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb. Both elevations are weatherboarded, aside from a small outhouse with a long, sloping roof, and two storeys high. The main house is two windows wide. A blue plaque on the facade says it was the home of painter John Linnell (1792-1882) and William Blake (1757-1827), the poet and artist. In the twentieth century, the farmhouse was occupied by Sir Raymond Unwin who converted an adjoining barn into part of the dwelling. He lived here while supervising the laying out of Hampstead Garden Suburb. For a lobby entry house of its type, the house is regarded as a rare survival on the fringes of London. Dating from seventeenth century or earlier, Wyldes Farm was Grade II* listed in 1963; listing number 1191239. The house was divided at some point and Wyldes, including the barn, to the right of the picture, was separately Grade II* listed in 1983; listing number 1359046.
