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The former Merton flour mills, designed by John Rennie and erected at a cost of some £20,000 in 1798 for James Perry, proprietor of the Morning Chronicle, were regarded as one of the most complete of their kind. Milling ceased around 1910, and from 1919 until 1991 the building was owned and occupied by Connolly Leather Ltd, manufacturers of high quality upholstery leathers. Wandlebank House, the villa Perry built for himself in 1805, survived until demolished by Wimbledon Corporation in 1962. This article examines the long history of an important industrial site, which hitherto has been largely unrecognised, and of the houses associated with it.