When was chiswick village built

On these pages you can find information on what's happening to maintain and develop Chiswick Village. The Board of Directors of CVRL is made up of volunteer residents who create and manage the policy and strategic development of Chiswick Village on behalf of the shareholders.

If you want to have some input, please contact the directors via the Contacts page. The orchard that was to include Oxford Gardens lay to the east of Brooks Lane title It was owned by William Churton retired hosier , who lived with his family and servants at Little Sutton House, a little way to the East, and was farmed by Abraham Pitt.

There was an osier bed along the northern boundary, indicating low lying and damp ground; later there would be a watercourse here. However a railway from Waterloo was planned, its line cutting through the orchard. This railway, the London and South Western Railway opened in , dividing Brooks Lane, and marked the start of urbanisation, initially along Brentford Road. Soon more railways were built. It joined the Waterloo line via the Chiswick Curve, again cutting through the orchard map.

To the west of our orchard was Sydney House, with its decorative gardens and lake; a waterway to Sutton House ran along the northern boundary. By the s map most of the area was developed as housing, but our orchard gardens remained.

The owner, William Driscoll, eventually laid out Oxford Gardens following the line of the Chiswick Curve above , together with a few houses on Brooks Lane map. Its name echoed Oxford Road, like Cambridge Road said to be named for the university boat race team.

The terraced houses, completed in , were originally built as tenements for rent. That is, they were built for two families, sharing common areas and a distinctive front door [Door. They were well designed and equipped for the time, with two indoor WCs one per family , attractive tiled fires with built in gas pokers, gas lighting throughout, and two staircases, the rear one giving access to the shared garden.

They were popular with manual workers and clerks and soon filled up. The census shows a wide variety of occupations [8] , from Barge Builders to Warehouse Manager, and including two policemen and a puzzling Fictional Superintendent … Families were tightly packed, with an average of 7 people per house. Many came from elsewhere. Cart 0.

Back News Overview Newsletters. History of the House and Gardens Chiswick House and Gardens has a long and unique history that we have set out here in order that visitors are aware of how important the house and gardens are in relation to their place in architecture and landscape gardening.