Chiswick High Road has been an east-west route since Roman times. There are older connections, of course, and much newer. All contribute to its rich history. Cllr Joanna Biddolph is always keen to honour the historical connections in the ward. Councillors are often asked to comment on suggested names for new buildings which always elicits interesting information from the council's history team. Other facts emerge in discussions on chiswickw4.com, for example. The ward is rich with listed buildings, too. The information here is inevitably incomplete and quirky, and some might quickly become out of date, but it is a useful way to record historical snippets picked up while fulfilling councillor duties. i
Blocks of flats need names
- Blues Court, Oxford Road North: This block, completed in 2015, needed a new name and Cllr Joanna Biddolph was consulted. The council's history team emailed saying, "Oxford Road may be presumed to have been so-named not due to forming part of a route to the city of Oxford, but in honour of the annual boat race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge which traditionally finishes just below Chiswick Bridge. The existence nearby of a Cambridge Road only serves to reinforce this interpretation. The boat race has brought a variety of university rowers to Chiswick as part of Oxford’s “blue” team, some of whom have gone on to some fame. These include Andrew Irvine, who raced for Oxford in 1922 and 1923, before losing his life on the ill-fated 1924 Mount Everest expedition with George Mallory." The council team than proposed four names; Cllr Joanna Biddolph consulted nearby local residents and the most popular was Blues Court. Unfortunately, the freeholder installed a plaque saying "Blue Court" which I hope is corrected soon.
- Empire House group ...
- Keys Court: Grange Road:
Listed buildings in Chiswick Gunnersbury ward (E&OE throughout)
Grade II*
- The Voysey House, Barley Mow Passage (https://www.voyseysociety.org/voysey/buildings/sandersons.html)
Grade II
- Afton House, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place
- 1, 2, 3 Arlington Cottages, Arlington Road
- Catholic Church Our Lady of Grace and St Edward, Chiswick High Road
- Christ Church, Turnham Green (George Gilbert Scott)
- Crown & Anchor pub, 374 Chiswick High Road
- Fosters Bookshop, 183 Chiswick High Road
- 3, 5, 7, 9 Harvard Road
- 2a Heathfield Terrace
- 10, 11 Heathfield Terrace
- 12, 13 Heathfield Terrace
- 16, 17, 18, 19 Heathfield Terrace
- 20 Heathfield Terrace
- 21 Heathfield Terrace
- 22 to 26 Heathfield Terrace
- 24 Heathfield Terrace railings
- The Old Packhorse pub, 434 Chiswick High Road
- Presbytery of Catholic Church, Dukes Avenue
- Telephone boxes on CHR at Town Hall Avenue (2 x K6 design, George Gilbert Scott)
- Town Hall
- War memorial on Turnham Green
Gunnersbury Park : Grade II*
- The park is Grade II* listed
- Archway (west of the large mansion)
- Boundary wall
- The Conservatory
- The East Stables
- The Temple
Gunnersbury Park : Grade II
- East Lodge with archway and entrance gateway
- Gateway near Princess Amelia’s bathhouse
- Gothic outbuildings including arcade grotto shelter and room
- Gothic ruins
- Gunnersbury House (large mansion)
- West stables
Local List (buildings/structures of architectural merit/significance locally - recommended by locals, very often the West Chiswick and Gunnersbury Society which is responsible for championing the area's history) E&OE as the list is complicated and I might have missed some
- Barley Mow Passage
- Devonshire Works
- The Lamb, 9 Barley Mow Passage
- The Passage and the footpath
- 51 Barrowgate Road, Blue Plaque to Tommy Cooper
- Belmont School murals
- Bond Street and its cobbles
- Boundary markers
- Junction of Chiswick Road and Acton Lane
- Gunnersbury Nature Reserve
- Outside 56 Thorney Hedge Road
- 2 Burlington Gardens
- Burlington Road
- 8 Burlington Road, Tiverton Lodge
- Baptist Church and Manse
- Chiswick Christian Centre, Fraser Street
- Chiswick High Road
- 185 Chiswick High Road (George IV pub)
- 194 Chiswick High Road (Sworn & Co)
- 197-199 Chiswick High Road (former Fire Station, first fire station to have a hose tower)
- 208 Chiswick High Road (former police station, then Carvosso's, now The Hound)
- 251-255
- 254-274 and 280 (276 and 278 not included) shopping parade
- 276 Chiswick High Road post box
- 273-279 Chiswick High Road, known as Whitman’s corner (formerly Whitman estate agent's offices)
- 283 Chiswick High Road (HSBC)
- 336-340 Chiswick High Road (former Burton’s building)
- 342-344 Chiswick High Road
- 367 Chiswick High Road (local Labour Party HQ)
- 386 Chiswick High Road (Caffe Nero)
- 450 Chiswick High Road (Connolly’s Bar)
- 590 Chiswick High Road (The Gunnersbury pub)
- Chiswick Park (Chiswick business park)
- Footbridge (the route to/from Chiswick Park tube station, built to reduce demand on Gunnersbury station)
- Sculpture of metal
- Sculpture of concretised monument to the 20th Century
- Sculpture of a cormorant
- Sculpture of mirrored posts
- Chiswick roundabout
- Lighting columns
- Sign of Jayne Mansfield's quote “It’s a sweet little flyover”
- Churchdale Court, Grosvenor Road
- Devonhurst Place Gatehouse to former Militia Barracks
- Devonshire Passage, the brick walls between Dukes Avenue and Duke Road
- 107 Devonshire Road (former Duke of York pub, now becoming derelict as it is in planning blight)
- Dukes Avenue
- Chiswick Library, 1 Dukes Avenue
- Subway murals (this is in no-man’s land, TfL land under the road)
- Ellesmere Road
- 20-22 Ellesmere
- 40-42 Ellesmere Road
- Fromow’s Corner (the corner of Walpole Gardens and Wellesley Road, facing Turnham Green)
- Grange Road
- 2-20 Grange Road
- 30 Grange Road
- Gunnersbury Cemetery
- Chapel
- Carol Reed grave
- Czelny Memorial
- Katyn War Memorial
- Kensington Civilians War Memorial
- Kensington Civilians War Memorial (there seem to be two)
- Komorowski Memorial
- Messina Memorial
- Lavatory blocks x 2
- Saeed Jaffrey grave
- Gunnersbury Lane, stone dedicated to George Cooper who built the Gunnersbury Park Garden Estate
- Gunnersbury Park
- Hollowed out tree stump
- Japanese Garden
- Lamppost
- Metal interpretive sign
- Wooden bench carved from a tree stump
- Wooden boat
- Wooden oak leaf carved bench
- Wooden sculpture of a dog
- Wooden sculptures of vessels
- Storytelling seat and sculpture of kestrel called Kes
- Harvard Road
- 1 Harvard Road, Syon House
- Russian Orthodox church (The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother God and the Holy Royal Martyrs of Russia) and adjacent clergy house
- Heathfield Terrace
- former Army & Navy Depository Building
- former Turnham Green Drill Hall
- 4 Marlborough Road, former First Church of Christ Scientist
- Power Road
- Chiswick Studios, 9 Power Road
- Power Road Studios, 114 Power Road
- Stinkpipe or stench pole
- Stinkpipes or stench poles
- Bridge Street
- Glebe Street
- Power Road
- Sutton Court Road
- I am investigating whether there is one on Chiswick High Road, outside shops near Gunnersbury tube station
- Sutton Court Road
- Watchfield Court
- Sutton Lane North
- Arlington Park House
- Arlington Park Mansions
- 10a Sutton Lane North (former Gunnersbury Baptist Church)
- 12 Sutton Lane North (Hole in the Wall, formerly Queen’s Head Pub & Kitchen, formerly Hole in the Wall)
- 43 and 45 Thorney Hedge Road
- Turnham Green
- Tommy Hollis playground
- Turnham Green Terrace
- Chiswick Timeline (in no man’s land, on TfL walls)
- Drinking fountain
- W4th Plinth changing art display
- Wellesley Road
- 29 Wellesley Road (The Orchard)
- 56 Wellesley Road (The Pilot pub)
- 62-88 Wellesley Road
- William Hogarth School four mosaics
Local list: https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/downloads/file/11380/hounslow-s-local-list-of-heritage-assets
Photo: The photo shows the Grade II* listed Voysey House, on Barley Mow Passage, which was originally an extension of the Sanderson factory, It was restored in 2024 and currently houses the wallpaper showroom on the ground floor, the Sanderson and Morris & Co. archive on the porthole-lit third storey, and Grade A office space on the second and fourth floors. In between Voysey House and, on the right, the Barley Mow Centre you can see the tower of the nearby Grade II listed Catholic church, Our Lady of Grace and St Edward. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd13p6lz52eo