Comments on: At Chiswick House https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Alex Brecht https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1705506 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:00:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1705506 I’ll be giving a talk about this in early April, near the RIBA, coincidental and serendipitous.

]]> By: Richard Armiger https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1703841 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 21:07:03 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1703841 It’s my old friend, but at 1:1 scale this time, vs the museum’s one.

A fine thing about my job, is getting to these ol’ chaps intimately.

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1702876 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:28:17 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1702876 I lived in London until aged about 20 and spent many hours walking around town, usually with my camera, but I never even heard od Chiswick House, alas!

]]> By: Claire D https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1702631 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:49:45 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1702631 The photograph of ‘The Ionic Temple’ from the side with the water and plants particularly good I thought, very painterly. Lovely.

]]> By: Jo N https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1702630 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:44:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1702630 The conservatory and grounds were the site of early videos by the Beatles, for Paperback Writer and Rain (1966). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ

]]> By: Sarah B. Guest Perry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1702594 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:44:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1702594 Beautiful. Love the Inigo Jones designed gateway and I hope you get to go back soon

]]> By: Milo https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1702565 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:33:53 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1702565 At the risk of sounding melancholy you took 30 years to get back because it really does speed by, doesn’t it? Must have been lovely though…

]]> By: George Kearse https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/03/19/at-chiswick-house-ii/#comment-1702549 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:19:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202603#comment-1702549 Either way, one of my favourite places to visit a long long time ago in my twenties into my thirties when we lived in Hounslow West.
Amazing photos that capture this aged place in the best of light.
Thank-you dear gentle author on this rather brusque Spring morning.

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