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Turnham Inexperienced – 1989 | Re-photo


Turnham Inexperienced – 1989: The second publish on my stroll which started at Kew Bridge Station on tenth of December 1989. The earlier publish was Kew Bridge & Gunnersbury 1989.

Empire Home, Chiswick Excessive Rd, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989 89-12a-64

It may be thought odd that this tall workplace constructing which was constructed beginning in 1959 ought to have been known as Empire Home, when the British Empire was nearly fully gone, however the Empire from which this tower acquired its identify was the Chiswick Empire, constructed for theatre proprietor and supervisor Oswald Stoll at 414 Chiswick Excessive Highway, changing some retailers and a smithy which opened in 2012.

The architect was the main theatre architect Frank Matcham and it was a grand instance of the Edwardian ‘Jacobean’ fashion. Constructed to seat 4,000 it featured primarily selection exhibits, but additionally extra critical theatre and maybe was in its heyday within the Forties and early 50s. Wikipedia has a fantastic record of a few of those that appeared in its remaining years “Tommy Cooper, Max Miller, Max Bygraves, Julie Andrews, Morecambe and Clever, Ken Dodd, Max Wall, Dickie Valentine, the Ray Ellington Quartet, Peter Sellers and Dorothy Squires (1952), Laurel and Hardy on a return go to (1954), Al Martino, Alma Cogan, Terry-Thomas (1955) and Cliff Richard (1959).” Cliff wasn’t fairly the person who introduced the home down, with the ultimate exhibits being by Liberace with the theatre being demolished inside a month of his stepping away from the piano.

I don’t know who was the architect accountable for Empire Home. It has lately been purchased and redeveloped into flats and city homes.

Sandersons Wallpaper. Factory, Barley Mow Passage, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-52
Sandersons Wallpaper. Manufacturing unit, Barley Mow Passage, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-52

This elegant wallpaper manufacturing unit was designed by C F Voysey and in-built 1902. It was the one business constructing designed by the celebrated Arts & Crafts architect and designer and is Grade II* listed.

Arthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd, now simply Sanderson, was based in Islington in 1860 and made materials and wallpaper. The corporate got here to Chiswick in 1879 and this constructing was an extension on the opposite facet of the highway to their earlier manufacturing unit, in-built 1893. After a hearth in 1928, the corporate moved to Perivale promoting off the Voysey constructing. They’d additionally constructed a manufacturing unit in Uxbridge in 1919 to provide materials. Sandersons moved again to into the Voysey constructing in 2024.

Sandersons had purchased the enterprise of Jeffrey & Co who had printed William Morris’s wallpapers and in 1940 when Morris & Co dissolved additionally they purchased the rights to make use of the Morris identify.

House, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-41
Home, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-41

Dukes Avenue runs south from Turnham Inexperienced in the direction of Chiswick Home. Lord Burlington’s grandson was in a position after the Chiswick enclosures act of 1814 to construct the highway from his property to Chiswick Excessive Highway. The highway is lined with lime timber.

Homes alongside right here appear seldom to be bought, however one went lately for over £3 million. Most seem like giant, stable and Edwardian however of no nice curiosity.

Gateway, House, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-42
Gateway, Home, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-42
Devonshire Works, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-43
Devonshire Works, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-43

This former Sandersons manufacturing unit, the “Devonshire works”, was used for mild engineering within the Sixties by Evershed & Vignoles of Acton Lane. From 1971 it stood empty till restored by the Cornhill Insurance coverage Co. because the Barley Mow Workspace, for people or small corporations of designers or craftsmen, the primary of whom arrived in 1976.”

Devonshire Works, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-44
Devonshire Works, Dukes Avenue, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-44

After Lord Burlington who constructed Chiswick Home died the property was inherited by the Dukes of Devonshire. I believe this works in all probability dates from 1893.

Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-45
Chiswick Memorial Membership, Afton Home, Bourne Place, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-45

Afton Home, constructed round 1800 is the one remaining instance of the grand homes which have been bilt in round 1800 alongside Chiswick Excessive Highway, and it Grade II listed. Within the 1850s it was known as Falkland Home and was a college, however was renamed Afteon Home in 1861. From then till 1887 it remained a college however then turned a laundry till 1913. Empty and bcoming derelict it was purchased in 1919 by Dan Mason of the Chiswick Polish Firm (finest remembered for his or her Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish) and given as a membership for ex-servicemen.

Linden Gardens, Chiswick High Rd, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-34
Linden Gardens, Chiswick Excessive Rd, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-34

Dr Ralph Griffiths who based the Month-to-month Evaluate and edited it for 50 years was one of many many “noble, inventive and scholarly residents” of the world within the 18th century and he lived in Linden Home the place Linden Gardens now’s. He was a London bookseller and writer Ralph Griffiths, with “bookshops at St. Paul’s Churchyard from 1747 till 1753, then at 20 Pater Noster Row till 1759, and eventually on the Strand close to Catherine Road till 1772 – all beneath the signal of the Dunciad.”

Griffiths was notably concerned within the 1746 publication of Acanius or the Younger Adventurer, a fictionalized account of the Younger Pretender, and should have been its writer. The federal government tried unsuccessfully to suppress the ebook and it remained in print for over 150 years.

Chiswick Fire Station, Chiswick High Rd, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-36
Chiswick Fireplace Station, Chiswick Excessive Rd, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-36

Chiswick Fireplace Station at 197 Chiswick Excessive Highway is a chic constructing with a tower and is now a bar and restaurant. It was on the market once I made this image. In-built 1891 the tower at proper was used to hold up fireplace hoses to dry and in addition to retailer the lengthy fireplace escape ladder. A brand new fireplace station was in-built 1963 and this turned redundant.

War Memorial, Turnham Green, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-26
Struggle Memorial, Turnham Inexperienced, Hounslow, 1989, 89-12a-26

Erected in 1921 ‘In grateful and affectionate reminiscence of the lads of Chiswick who fell within the Nice Struggle, 1914 – 1918’ this easy obelisk is a relatively plain reminder of their sacrifice designed by Edward Willis FSI, Engineer and Architect to the Chiswick City District Council. Extra names have been added after the Second World Struggle. There appears to be little purpose to justify its Grade II itemizing

I walked on to Bedford Park. Extra from there in a later publish .


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