Gunnersbury Park & Brentford
Gunnersbury, London. Fri 24 Aug 2018
Lionel Road in Brentford is a building site, closed to traffic, but
pedestrians can still walk through
One of the roads which fetures in Ballards's novels - the elevated
section of the M4 above the Great West Rd
This little castle was once the gate tot Gunnerbury Park. Now there
is a simple gate in the fence around the corner
The Potomac Lake - a former clay pit
A gothic folly converted from a tile kiln
The temple is the only 18th century building remaining in situ
At the side of the of the garden front is an archway and steps
the park was developed by Princess Amelia when she lived here in the
18th century
The garden front
and the 'Small Mansion' nextdoor
It is a building at risk
but still at least partly in use
The larger house is now Gunnersbury House Musuem
Events are sometimes held in this long series of rooms facing the
garden
with ornate fireplaces
and a painted ceiling
A large range of kitches was used for preparing the grand banquets
used here
And the two French chefs shared this office
The main stairs
and the landing, with large prints made from the Autochroms taken
around the grounds by Leopold de Rothschild
They show the place as it was over a hundred years ago - with flamingos
the garden slopes away from the house