86-696: Strand-on-the-Green is one of Chiswick 's four medieval villages, and a "particularly picturesque" riverside area in West London . It is a conservation area , with many "imposing" listed buildings beside the River Thames ; a local landmark, the Kew Railway Bridge that crosses the River Thames and the Strand, is itself Grade II listed . Oliver's Island is just offshore. The area
172-503: A 1924 novel by Margaret Kennedy . It tells how a teenage girl, Tessa Sanger, falls in love with a family friend, who eventually marries her cousin. It explores the protagonists' complex family histories, focusing on class, education and creativity. The novel sold well from its first appearance, becoming the first novel of a genre sometimes called " Bohemian ". Much of its success was due to its then-shocking sexual content, describing scenes of adolescent sexuality and of noble savagery in
258-698: A Saturday at Dukes Meadows. Chiswick's cricket club, formerly known as Turnham Green and Polytechnic, plays at Riverside Drive. On Chiswick Common is the Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre, where there are tennis, five-a-side football and netball courts available to hire to the public. Private tennis coaching for individuals and groups is also available. The Chiswick reach of the Thames is heavily used for competitive and recreational rowing . Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney runs past Chiswick Eyot and Duke's Meadows. The Boat Race
344-852: A direct connection to Heathrow Airport and the M25 motorway . The Great West Road (A4) runs eastwards into central London via the Hogarth Roundabout where it meets the Great Chertsey Road (A316) which runs south-west, eventually joining the M3 motorway . The southern border of Chiswick runs along the River Thames, which is crossed in this area by Barnes Railway and Foot Bridge , Chiswick Bridge , Kew Railway Bridge and Kew Bridge . River services between Westminster Pier and Hampton Court depart from Kew Gardens Pier just across Kew Bridge. Bus routes on or near Chiswick High Road are
430-520: A few types of house. These were scaled-down versions of the more expensive houses that he had designed for wealthy areas such as Chelsea , Hampstead , and Kensington . He also designed the focal buildings of the garden suburb, including the church of St Michael and All Angels and the Tabard Inn opposite it. Duke's Meadows stands on land formerly owned by the Duke of Devonshire . In the 1920s, it
516-466: A part of the tidal river whose capacity has been restricted by the building of embankments on both banks, and it is flooded at high water during spring tides . Houses on the street were occasionally flooded, for example in 1967, before the Thames Barrier was built to restrict the highest tides on the river. Over 100 human skulls, now lost, were found in the river at Strand-on-the-Green during
602-514: A paved riverside path fronted by a row of "imposing" 18th-century houses, interspersed with three riverside pubs, the Bell and Crown, Bull’s Head, and the City Barge. The low-lying path is flooded at high tides. It became fashionable in 1759 when Kew Bridge opened just upstream, with the royal family at Kew Palace nearby. The Bedford Park neighbourhood was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as
688-492: A village around St Nicholas Church from c. 1181 on Church Street, its inhabitants practising farming, fishing and other riverside trades including a ferry, important as there were no bridges between London Bridge and Kingston throughout the Middle Ages. The area included three other small settlements, the fishing village of Strand-on-the-Green , the hamlet of Little Sutton in the centre, and Turnham Green on
774-401: Is 18th century with later additions. It is a two-storey white-painted brick building, and still has its pantile roof with two dormer windows. The entrance has a moulded doorhood resting on brackets. It is flanked by nos 10 to 14, Bull Cottages, also 18th century; they suffered flood damage from high tides, and were restored in 1967. The actor Donald Pleasence lived in the house at the end of
860-555: Is a district in the London Borough of Hounslow , West London , England. It contains Hogarth's House , the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth ; Chiswick House , a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and Fuller's Brewery , London's largest and oldest brewery. In a meander of the River Thames used for competitive and recreational rowing, with several rowing clubs on
946-604: Is a memorial where the rocket fell on Staveley Road, and a War Memorial at the east end of Turnham Green. Refuge was founded in 1971 in Chiswick, as the modern world's first safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence. By the start of the 21st century, Chiswick had become an affluent suburb. Chiswick St Nicholas was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex . Until 1834 its vestry governed most parish affairs. After
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#17327810825541032-473: Is a three-storey house of brown brick with red dressings; it has five double-hung sash windows surrounded by architraves ; these have rubbed flat arches. The main doorway is flanked by fluted Roman Doric pilasters, painted white. Above the door, according to the Historic England listing, is "an entablature with triglyphs and guttae to architrave and frieze", with a fanlight window. Standing on top of
1118-662: Is based in its boathouse off Hartington Road, which also houses the clubs of many London colleges and teaching hospitals; recent members include Tim Foster , Gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics and Frances Houghton , World Champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Quintin Boat Club lies between Chiswick Quay Marina and Chiswick Bridge. Tideway Scullers School is just downriver of Chiswick Bridge; its members include single sculling World Champion Mahé Drysdale and Great Britain single sculler Alan Campbell . Chiswick High Road
1204-586: Is buried in St Nicholas's churchyard. The house later belonged to the poet and translator of Dante , Henry Francis Cary , who lived there from 1814 to 1833. In February 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived a few weeks with a local grocer, before moving to Wootton, Staffordshire . The painter Johann Zoffany lived on Strand-on-the-Green. In the 19th century, the Italian writer, revolutionary and poet Ugo Foscolo died in exile at Turnham Green in 1827, and
1290-508: Is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of Palladian architecture in Britain, with superb collections of paintings and furniture. Its surrounding grounds, laid out by William Kent , are among the most important historical gardens in England and Wales, forming one of the first English landscape gardens . It was used as an asylum from 1892 to 1928; up to 40 private patients were housed in wings which were demolished in 1956 when
1376-585: Is contested on the Championship Course on a flood tide (in other words from Putney to Mortlake) with Duke's Meadows a popular view-point for the closing stages of the race. The finishing post is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge. Other important races such as the Head of the River Race race the reverse course, on an ebb tide. Chiswick is home to several clubs. The University of London Boat Club
1462-552: Is managed by London Wildlife Trust . The area, a railway triangle, was saved from development by a public inquiry, and became a reserve in 1985. Its 2.5 hectares are covered mainly in secondary birch woodland, with willow carr (wet woodland) in the low-lying centre, and acid grassland on the former Acton Curve railway track. The reserve runs a varied programme of activities including wildlife walks, fungus forays, open days and talks. There are several historic public houses in Chiswick, some of them listed buildings , including
1548-547: Is no longer the local government centre but remains an approved venue for marriage and civil partnership ceremonies. Chiswick forms part of the Brentford and Isleworth Parliament constituency, having been part of the Brentford and Chiswick constituency between 1918 and 1974. The Member of Parliament (MP) is Ruth Cadbury (Labour), elected at the May 2015 general election replacing Mary Macleod (Conservative). For elections to
1634-487: Is partly set on Strand-on-the-Green, backed by a still image of the river. A 1940 Pathé film documented the riverside pubs, Georgian houses and the river traffic of Strand-on-the-Green at that time; it asserted that at one time, "salmon teemed in the Thames, and London got most of it from Strand-on-the-Green". Scenes from the Beatles' 1965 film Help! were shot in the City Barge pub and around Strand-on-the-Green. Part of
1720-401: Is the most westerly part of Chiswick. It is on the north bank of the River Thames , just downriver from Kew Bridge . The name is shared by the first part of the road east of Kew Bridge, its continuation on the riverside path, and the area itself. The riverside path is fronted by a row of "imposing" 18th-century houses, interspersed with three riverside public houses . The low-lying path borders
1806-594: The 94 , 110 , 237 , 267 , 272 , 440 , E3 and H91 . The 94 is a 24-hour service, and the High Road is also served at night by the N9 . The District line serves Chiswick with four London Underground stations , Stamford Brook , Turnham Green , Chiswick Park and Gunnersbury . Turnham Green is an interchange with the Piccadilly line , but only before 06:50 and after 22:30, when Piccadilly line trains stop at
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#17327810825541892-509: The Chiswick High Road , forming a long high street in the north, with additional shops on Turnham Green Terrace and Devonshire Road. The river forms the southern boundary with Kew , including North Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames . It includes the uninhabited island of Chiswick Eyot , joined to the mainland at low tide. In the east Goldhawk Road and British Grove border Hammersmith in
1978-509: The Georgian and Victorian eras , many of them now listed buildings, overlooking the street on the north side; their gardens are on the other side of the street beside the river. The largest and finest house on the street is Walpole House , a Grade I listed building; part of it is Tudor, but the building now visible is late 17th to early 18th century. Strand-on-the-Green is the most westerly part of Chiswick, "particularly picturesque" with
2064-723: The Grand Junction Canal at the start of the 19th century caused Strand-on-the-Green to decline, a process accelerated by the move of the royal family from Kew Palace to Windsor Castle . In the 20th century, Strand-on-the-Green returned to residential use, and by 1932 was called "London's last remaining village". In the Second World War , a parachute mine destroyed 41 houses in Thames Road and Magnolia Road, and badly damaged another 60 on 21 September 1941. The 1938 television version of The Constant Nymph
2150-416: The Great Chertsey Road (A316) runs south-west, becoming the M3 motorway . People who have lived in Chiswick include the poets Alexander Pope and W. B. Yeats , the Italian poet and revolutionary Ugo Foscolo , the painters Vincent van Gogh and Camille Pissarro , the novelist E. M. Forster , the rock musicians Pete Townshend , John Entwistle , and Phil Collins , the stage director Peter Brook , and
2236-713: The Gunnersbury Triangle local nature reserve. Some parts of Bedford Park and Acton Green are in the Chiswick W4 postcode area but the London Borough of Ealing . The main shopping and dining centre is Chiswick High Road . Chiswick Roundabout is the start of the North Circular Road (A406). At Hogarth Roundabout , the Great West Road from central London becomes the M4 motorway , while
2322-608: The John I. Thornycroft & Company shipbuilding company, established a yard at Church Wharf at the west end of Chiswick Mall . The shipyard built the first naval destroyer , HMS Daring of the Daring class , in 1893. To cater for the increasing size of warships, Thornycroft moved its shipyard to Southampton in 1909. In 1822, the Royal Horticultural Society leased 33 acres (13.4 ha) of land in
2408-626: The London Assembly Chiswick is in the South West constituency , represented since 2000 by Tony Arbour , of the Conservative Party. For elections to Hounslow London Borough Council , Chiswick is represented by three electoral wards : Turnham Green, Chiswick Homefields and Chiswick Riverside. Each ward elects three councillors, who serve four-year terms. For 2010–14, all nine councillors were Conservatives . It
2494-597: The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . In the north are Bedford Park (like Chiswick, within the London W4 postcode area) and South Acton in the London Borough of Ealing , with a boundary partially delineated by the District line . On the west, within Hounslow, are the districts of Gunnersbury , which is within the bounds of the early 19th century parish of Chiswick, and Brentford . A short distance south of
2580-764: The London and South Western Railway . It opened to rail traffic in 1869, and is Grade II listed. It is used both by the London Overground North London Line and by the London Underground District Line . Under the bridge abutment is the Strand on the Green Sailing Club, its sailing dinghies being stored and maintained there. The club was founded in 1946, and has rented the space under the bridge since 1964. The Bull's Head pub (Grade II listed in 1970)
2666-718: The Mawson Arms , the George and Devonshire , the Old Packhorse and The Tabard in Bath Road near Turnham Green station. The Tabard is known for its William Morris interior and its Norman Shaw exterior; it was built in 1880. Three more pubs are in Strand-on-the-Green , fronting on to the Thames river path. Chiswick had two well-known theatres in the 20th century. The Chiswick Empire (1912 to 1959)
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2752-625: The Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) , local administration in Chiswick began to be devolved to authorities beyond the vestry. Then, Chiswick poor relief was administered by the Brentford Poor Law Union . Briefly, from 1849 to 1855, responsibility for Chiswick drains and sewers passed to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers under its 'Fulham and Hammersmith Sewer District.' From 1858, under
2838-408: The "picturesque" no. 75, a pre-Georgian building, and its next door neighbour, The Bell and Crown. The current Arts and Crafts style pub building dates to 1907. No. 71, Prospect House is a large three-storied late 18th century building with a bay window and curved balcony on iron columns. No. 65, Zoffany House, is Grade II* listed as one of the finest buildings in the area; it was built c. 1704. It
2924-488: The 15th century, though only some of the lower part survived the World War II bombing. A 1940 land mine destroyed much of the pub and the two small cottages that were next to it, where the pub's bar now stands. Kew Railway Bridge is a latticed wrought iron girder bridge on pairs of cast iron piers; it has five spans each of 35 metres. It was designed by W. R. Galbraith . It was built by Brassey & Ogilvie for
3010-540: The 1969 romantic musical Goodbye, Mr. Chips was filmed at Strand-on-the-Green. Off Strand-on-the-Green in the River Thames is Oliver's Island , a small wooded eyot . It acquired its name from unsubstantiated rumours that Oliver Cromwell used the island as a hideout and held military councils at the Bull's Head pub during the English Civil War . The City of London's Navigation Committee erected buildings on
3096-426: The 19th century. Similar river skulls have been dated to around 600 BC, while ancient Roman pottery has been found in the area. The area is first named "Stronde" in 1353 (probably meaning "shore"), at which time it was a fishing village. In 1593 it was named "Strand Green"; the name had become "Strand under Green" on John Rocque 's 1746 map. Gradually, other river businesses set up alongside the fishermen. According to
3182-490: The Austrian Tyrol . There is a complimentary allusion to the novel in the 1934 detective story The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers . Fifteen-year-old Hilary tells her father she aspires to write novels: "Best sellers. The sort that everybody goes potty over. Not just bosh ones, but like The Constant Nymph ." Sayers includes a positive mention by two characters in her 1930 epistolary novel , The Documents in
3268-555: The Bull's Head buildings, marked by a Blue Plaque. The Almshouses form a terrace running back from the river along an alley, Grove Row. They are described as "an attractive feature ... of a modest scale and pleasingly detailed with tall chimneys". The almshouses were built in 1724 by Thomas Child as six small one-roomed houses for the poor. They were refurbished as the "Hopkin Morris Homes of Rest" in 1933, creating three two-roomed houses. The 1933 and 1724 foundation stones survive on
3354-560: The Case . The character and appearance of the composer Lewis Dodd was based on the artist Henry Lamb , who was a gifted pianist. Kennedy's cousin George was one of Lamb's oldest friends. Attributes of Albert Sanger were taken from Augustus John , particular the artists' colony he set up in 1911 at Alderney Manor . Kennedy may have been trying to protect herself against accusations of using her friends as models by transferring to both of them
3440-507: The Chiswick Improvement Act of that year, responsibility for drains and sewers, paving and lighting was vested in an elected board of eighteen Improvement Commissioners . This operated as Chiswick's secular local authority for a quarter of a century until its replacement with a Local Board in 1883. In 1878 the parish gained a triangle of land in the east which had formed a detached part of Ealing . From 1894 to 1927
3526-516: The Chiswick and Brentford Local History Society: the watermen's steps and landing stages of the gentry were cheek by jowl with the wharves built for trade by brick-makers, coal and stone merchants, maltsters, market gardeners, nurserymen, boat-builders, engineers and inn-keepers, and for the up-river depot of the water-Bailiff of the City of London. Strand-on-the-Green is one of modern Chiswick 's four medieval villages. The other three are Old Chiswick ,
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3612-544: The Confessor ) in the Diocese of Westminster , lies on the corner of Duke's Avenue and the High Road. It is a red brick building; the parish was founded in 1848, a school began c. 1855, and a church was opened by Cardinal Wiseman on the present site in 1864. It was replaced by the present building in 1886, opened by Cardinal Manning . The heavy debts incurred were paid off and the church consecrated in 1904. The square tower
3698-522: The Earl of Grantham , who purchased Grove House in 1745, the actress Eileen Atkins , and the novelist Margaret Kennedy , who set her bestselling 1924 work The Constant Nymph there. The author Nancy Mitford wrote the 1945 novel The Pursuit of Love when she lived in Rose Cottage. The film director John Guillermin lived at No. 60 (The Dutch House). The newspaper publisher Sir Hugh Cudlipp , and
3784-577: The High Road in the centre of Chiswick is the Glebe Estate, consisting of small terraced houses built in the 1870s on glebe land once owned by the local church, and now a desirable place to live. Chiswick is in the W4 postcode district of the London post town , which in a tribute to its ancient parish includes Bedford Park and Acton Green , mostly within the London Borough of Ealing. Some of
3870-605: The Tabard pub but a separate business, is known for new writing and experimental work. The Sanderson Factory in Barley Mow Passage, now known as Voysey House, was designed by the architect Charles Voysey in 1902. It is built in white glazed brick, with Staffordshire blue bricks (now painted black) forming horizontal bands, the plinth, and surrounds for door and window openings, and dressings in Portland stone . It
3956-597: The actress Imogen Poots . Chiswick was first recorded c. 1000 as the Old English Ceswican meaning "Cheese Farm"; the riverside area of Duke's Meadows is thought to have supported an annual cheese fair up until the 18th century. The area was settled in Roman times; an urn found at Turnham Green contained Roman coins, and Roman brickwork was found under the Sutton manor house . Old Chiswick grew up as
4042-505: The area around St Nicholas Church ; Little Sutton ; and Turnham Green . The area grew in popularity when in 1759 Kew Bridge opened, displacing the ferry that had run there for centuries. The presence of the royal family at Kew Palace further helped to make the area fashionable, encouraging the wealthy to build fine houses locally, and bringing industries such as barge-building, boat repair, malt-houses , and wharves for loading and unloading river boats. Pier House Laundry, occupying much of
4128-469: The area south of the High Road between what are now Sutton Court Road and Duke's Avenue. This site was used for its fruit tree collection and its first school of horticulture, and housed its first flower shows. The area was reduced to 10 acres (4.0 ha) in the 1870s, and the lease was terminated when the Society's garden at Wisley , Surrey, was set up in 1904. Some of the original pear trees still grow in
4214-434: The botanist and explorer of Australia Allan Cunningham have both lived at No. 21. The painter and gallerist Joshua Compston lived at No. 75. Johan Zoffany RA (1733–1810), a German neoclassical painter lived (and died) at no. 65. 51°29′05″N 0°16′44″W / 51.4847°N 0.2788°W / 51.4847; -0.2788 Chiswick Chiswick ( / ˈ tʃ ɪ z ɪ k / CHIZ -ik )
4300-629: The bow have "good cast iron balconettes". The main door has six panels and a rectangular fan window above. Next are The Moorings, five houses from 1930, built for the "Cottage Craftsmen"; the 18th century Compass House (Grade II); Dutch House with its gable front; the former "The Ship", a pub throughout the 19th century (Grade II); and an "impressive" terrace of 5 three-story Georgian houses at nos 52 to 55 (Grade II). There follow The Malthouse, nos 49 and 50 (early 19th century, Grade II); no. 44, Navigator's Cottage and no. 45, Picton House (two-storey 18th century houses, Grade II). The City Barge pub opened in
4386-405: The brewer Henry Smith, churchwarden of St Nicholas, Chiswick. Christ Church, Turnham Green is an early Victorian Gothic building of flint with stone dressings. The main part of the building, by George Gilbert Scott and W. B. Moffat, is from 1843; the chancel and northeast chapel were added in 1887 by J. Brooks. Chiswick's principal Roman Catholic church, Our Lady of Grace and St Edward (
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#17327810825544472-479: The creation of refuges worldwide. Chiswick is home to the Arts Educational Schools in Bath Road. The house used for filming the comedy show Taskmaster , a former groundskeeper's cottage, is just off Great Chertsey Road, near Chiswick Bridge . Chiswick is situated at the start of the North Circular Road (A406), South Circular Road (A205) and the M4 motorway , the latter providing
4558-410: The eastern end, mainly of "positive contributors" but also 8 listed buildings on Grove Park Terrace. The Strand itself is some 500 metres of houses, forming terraces in varied styles and heights, fronting the riverside walk. The backs of the houses face Thames Road, the many small outbuildings of differing ages giving it "an interesting and varied character." Important buildings in the group begin with
4644-473: The end wall facing the river. The last house of the terrace facing the river is Strand on the Green House (18th century, Grade II) at the eastern end of the riverside walk. To its east is a Victorian era drinking fountain in red granite, and a short riverside footpath beside the start of Grove Park Road. Strand-on-the-Green has been home to a variety of distinguished people over the centuries, including
4730-501: The entablature is a terracotta lion. In front of the house are railings and gate of wrought iron. Inside the house, the ground floor rooms have wooden panelling from the 18th century. The house is marked with a blue plaque ; it states that the 18th century portrait painter Johann Zoffany lived there at the end of his life. From 1936, the architect Philip D. Hepworth lived in Zoffany House, carefully restoring it and rebuilding
4816-474: The first place "where the relaxed, informal mood of a market town or village was adopted for a complete speculatively built suburb". In 1877 the speculator Jonathan Carr hired Shaw as his estate architect. Shaw's house designs, in the Queen Anne Revival style with red brick, roughcast , decorative gables , and both oriel and dormer windows , gave the impression of great variety using only
4902-525: The gardens of houses built on the site. The population of Chiswick grew almost tenfold during the 19th century, reaching 29,809 in 1901, and the area is a mixture of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian housing. Suburban building began in Gunnersbury in the 1860s and in Bedford Park , the first garden suburb , on the borders of Chiswick and Acton, in 1875. During the Second World War , Chiswick
4988-443: The house was restored. St Nicholas Church , near the river Thames, has a 15th-century tower, although the remainder of the church was rebuilt by J.L. Pearson in 1882–84. Monuments in the churchyard mark the burial sites of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth and William Kent , the architect and landscape designer; the churchyard also houses a mausoleum (for Philip James de Loutherbourg ) designed by John Soane , and
5074-451: The island after 1777, and barges were stationed here to collect tolls. The Strand-on-the-Green conservation area , established in 2018, consists of three "character areas", namely the Strand, the pedestrianised riverside street and its grand houses, including 25 listed buildings ; an area of small streets behind the Strand at the western side near Kew Bridge, with many "positive contributors" but no listed buildings; and an area of streets at
5160-615: The most beautiful period mansion blocks in Chiswick, such as Heathfield Court and Arlington Mansions, line the sides of Turnham Green – the site of the Battle of Turnham Green in 1642. Other suburbs of Chiswick include Grove Park (south of the A4, close to Chiswick railway station) and Strand on the Green , a fishing hamlet until the late 18th century. As early as 1896, Bedford Park was advertised as being in Chiswick, though at that time much of it
5246-540: The parish formed the Chiswick Urban District . In 1927 it was abolished and its former area was merged with that of Brentford Urban District to form Brentford and Chiswick Urban District . The amalgamated district became a municipal borough in 1932. The borough of Brentford and Chiswick was abolished in 1965, and its former area was transferred to Greater London to form part of the London Borough of Hounslow . With these changes, Chiswick Town Hall
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#17327810825545332-411: The river bank, the finishing post for the Boat Race is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge . Old Chiswick was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex , with an agrarian and fishing economy beside the river; from the Early Modern period, the wealthy built imposing riverside houses on Chiswick Mall . Having good communications with London, Chiswick became a popular country retreat and part of
5418-408: The same site for over 350 years. The original brewery was in the gardens of Bedford House in Chiswick Mall. A weekly farmers' market is held every Sunday by Grove Park Farm House, Duke's Meadows. A monthly flower market is held on the first Sunday of each month on Chiswick High Road in the old market place, now mostly used as a car park, near the Hogarth statue. An antiques market is to be held on
5504-410: The second Sunday of each month, and a "Cheese and Provisions" market with 23 stalls on the third and fourth Sundays of each month in the same area, so there will in effect be a weekly market event on the High Road once again. Chiswick House was designed by the Third Earl of Burlington , and built for him, in 1726–29 as an extension to an earlier Jacobean house (subsequently demolished in 1788); it
5590-424: The site of the old Chiswick Empire . Between 1964 and 1966, the 18-storey IBM headquarters was built above Gunnersbury station , designed to accommodate 1500 people. It became the home of the British Standards Institution in 1994. Chiswick has an annual book festival. Chiswick is home to the Griffin Brewery , where Fuller, Smith & Turner and its predecessor companies brewed their prize-winning ales on
5676-410: The station. Chiswick railway station on the Hounslow Loop Line is served by a regular South Western Railway service to London Waterloo via Clapham Junction . The North London line crosses Chiswick (north-south); London Overground stations are Gunnersbury and South Acton . Chiswick's local rugby union teams include Chiswick RFC, formerly Old Meadonians RFC. The team plays league games on
5762-466: The suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was made the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick in 1932 and part of Greater London in 1965, when it merged into the London Borough of Hounslow . Modern Chiswick is an affluent area which includes the early garden suburb Bedford Park , Grove Park , the Glebe Estate, Strand-on-the-Green and tube stations Chiswick Park , Turnham Green , and Stamford Brook , as well as
5848-433: The talents of musicians rather than painters. Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean adapted The Constant Nymph for a three-act play that was published by Doubleday, Page and Company (Garden City, N.Y.) in 1926. A differently treated, second stage adaptation of the play was published by William Heinemann (London) in 1926. The play was performed on the London stage in 1926 and featured Noël Coward and Edna Best . The novel
5934-412: The tomb of Josiah Wedgwood 's business partner, Thomas Bentley , designed by Thomas Scheemakers. One of Oliver Cromwell 's daughters, Mary Fauconberg, lived at Sutton Court and is buried in the churchyard. Enduring legend has it that the body of Oliver Cromwell was also interred with her, though as the Fauconbergs did not move to Sutton Court until 15 years after his disinterment, it is more likely he
6020-535: The west road out of London. A decisive skirmish took place on Turnham Green early in the English Civil War . In November 1642, royalist forces under Prince Rupert , marching from Oxford to retake London, were halted by a larger parliamentarian force under the Earl of Essex . The royalists retreated and never again threatened the capital. From 1758 until 1929 the Dukes of Devonshire owned Chiswick House , and their legacy can be found in street names all over Chiswick. In 1864, John Isaac Thornycroft , founder of
6106-403: The western end of Thames Road (between Spring Grove and Hearne Road) was built by 1860, becoming one of London's largest laundries ; it closed in 1973. In 2016, a fire badly damaged offices in the building. After Fuller, Smith & Turner sold Chiswick's Griffin Brewery in 2019, they moved their registered office to the refurbished building. The diversion of freight traffic to Brentford by
6192-420: The whole of its front. Just to the east is the 18th or early 19th century Magnolia House (Grade II). It is a three-storey brown brick building with a parapet and double-hung sash windows, housed in flat-arched reveals. The house is distinctive in having the first and second floors with a bow front, supported by two round cast-iron columns; in the centre of this on the first floor is a French window. The windows in
6278-478: Was a fishing village named "Stronde" in 1353. By the 18th century, it had become a place of river-trade with many different businesses. It became fashionable with the opening of Kew Bridge and the presence of the royal family at Kew Palace . Freight traffic declined with the opening of the Grand Junction Canal. Strand-on-the-Green became a residential area in the 20th century. Strand-on-the-Green
6364-794: Was added after the First World War by Canon Egan as a war memorial. The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs with its characteristic blue onion dome with gold stars is in Harvard Road. The Russian Orthodox church built it in 1998. Chiswick Mall is a waterfront street on the north bank of the River Thames in the oldest part of Chiswick near St Nicholas Church. It consists mainly of some thirty "grand houses" from
6450-481: Was at 414 Chiswick High Road. It had 2,140 seats, and staged music hall entertainment, plays, reviews, opera, ballet and an annual Christmas pantomime . The Q Theatre (1924 to 1959) was a small theatre opposite Kew Bridge station. It staged the first works of Terence Rattigan and William Douglas-Home , and many of its plays went on to the West End. The 96-seat Tabard Theatre (1985) in Bath Road, upstairs from
6536-420: Was bombed repeatedly, with both incendiary and high explosive bombs. Falling anti-aircraft shells and shrapnel also caused damage. The first V-2 rocket to hit London fell on Staveley Road , Chiswick, at 6.43pm on 8 September 1944, killing three people, injuring 22 others and causing extensive damage to surrounding trees and buildings. Six houses were demolished by the rocket and many more suffered damage. There
6622-472: Was born in Chiswick in 1872; his father, John Isaac Thornycroft , had founded the Chiswick-based John I. Thornycroft & Company shipbuilding company in 1864, which Thornycroft later joined and developed. The artist Montague Dawson , regarded as one of the best 20th-century painters of the sea , was born in Chiswick in 1895. The Constant Nymph (novel) The Constant Nymph is
6708-513: Was buried at St Nicholas Churchyard, Chiswick, where his monument incorrectly states he was 50, not 49. In 1871 his remains were taken to Italy and given a national hero's burial in Santa Croce, Florence alongside Michelangelo and Galileo , while his monument in Chiswick was lavishly refurbished. The inventor of the electric telegraph , Francis Ronalds , lived on Chiswick Lane from 1833 to 1852. Another engineer, John Edward Thornycroft
6794-435: Was first adapted as a silent film in 1928 by Adrian Brunel and Alma Reville and directed by Brunel and Basil Dean. This version starred Ivor Novello , Mabel Poulton and Benita Hume . It was adapted again in 1933 by Dorothy Farnum and directed by Dean. It featured Victoria Hopper , Brian Aherne and Leonora Corbett . A third film adaptation in 1943 featured Charles Boyer , Joan Fontaine , and Alexis Smith . It
6880-549: Was in Acton . Chiswick High Road contains a mix of retail shops, restaurants, food outlets and office and hotel space. The wide streets encourage cafes, pubs and restaurants to provide pavement seating. Lying between the offices at the Golden Mile Great West Road and Hammersmith , office developments and warehouse conversions to offices began from the 1960s. The first in 1961 was 414 Chiswick High Road on
6966-418: Was initially a temporary iron building from 1876 on Chiswick High Road facing Chiswick Lane. The current building's foundation stone was laid in 1879 and consecrated in 1880. It was designed, along with much of Bedford Park, by Norman Shaw , and was called "a very lovely church" by John Betjeman . It is an Anglo-Catholic church, and was attacked on the day it was consecrated for "Popish and Pagan mummeries" by
7052-595: Was once home to the Chequered Flag garage and its associated motor racing team. In the 18th century, the poet Alexander Pope , author of The Rape of the Lock , lived in Chiswick between 1716 and 1719, in the building which is now the Mawson Arms at the corner of Mawson Lane. The actor Charles Holland was born in Chiswick in 1733. The artist William Hogarth bought the house now known as Hogarth's House in 1749, lived there until his death in 1764, and
7138-458: Was one of 35 major centres identified in the statutory planning document of Greater London, the London Plan of 2008. Chiswick occupies a meander of the River Thames , 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Charing Cross . The district is built up towards the north with more open space in the south, including the grounds of Chiswick House and Duke's Meadows . Chiswick has one main shopping area,
7224-655: Was originally a wallpaper printing works, now used as office space. It is a Grade II* listed building . It faces the main factory building and was once joined to it by a bridge across the road. It was Voysey's only industrial building, and is considered an "important Arts and Crafts factory building". In 1971 Erin Pizzey established the world's first domestic violence refuge at 2 Belmont Terrace, naming her organisation " Chiswick Women's Aid ". The local council attempted to evict Pizzey's residents, but were unsuccessful and she soon established more such premises elsewhere, inspiring
7310-666: Was purchased by the local council, who developed it as a recreational centre. A promenade and bandstand were built, and the meadows are still used for sport with a rugby club, football pitches, hockey club, several rowing clubs and a golf club. In recent years a local conservation charity, the Dukes Meadows Trust, has undertaken extensive restoration work, which saw a long-term project of a children's water play area opened in August 2006. The Gunnersbury Triangle local nature reserve , opposite Chiswick Park Underground station,
7396-573: Was reburied at their home at Newburgh Priory. Private Frederick Hitch VC , hero of Rorke's Drift , is also buried there. The church of St Michael, Sutton Court was designed by W. D. Caröe in 1908–1909. It is a red brick building on Elmwood road, in Tudor style. St Paul's Church, Grove Park is a Gothic style stone building designed by H. Currey. It was built largely at the Duke of Devonshire's expense in 1872. St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park
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