Inverforth House

Inverforth House (formally known as The Hill) is a large detached house on North End Way at North End on the outskirts of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, NW3. Owned by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme from 1904 to 1925, The Hill was bought by Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth after Leverhulme's death in 1925, and following was given to Manor House Hospital after Inverforth's death in 1956. Inverforth House was home to the Orthopaedic Society Hospital from the 1950s to the 1980s, and was converted into two houses and seven apartments in the late 1990s.

Inverforth House
LocationNorth End Way, Hampstead, London, NW3
Coordinates51°33′53.4″N 0°10′51.44″W
Built1895
ArchitectGrayson and Ould
Architectural style(s)British Queen Anne Revival style
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameInverforth House
Designated7 September 1988
Reference no.1113185
Location of Inverforth House in Greater London

Rebuilt in the British Queen Anne Revival style in 1895 by the architectural firm Grayson and Ould, it is a Grade II listed building. Built from red brick, Inverforth House has a steeply pitched roof. The architectural style of Inverforth House has been described as "Neo-Georgian" with "Queen Anne style wings".

In 2002 English Heritage commemorated Viscount Leverhulme and geneticist and statistician Ronald Fisher, who lived there as a child from 1896 to 1904, with blue plaques.

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