ISBN: 0 300 09652 6
This volume encompasses three centuries of London's metropolitan growth westward, from
Georgian St Marylebone and the riverside terraces of Chelsea and Chiswick to Heathrow Airport
and the outer fringes of Middlesex Metroland. Streaked with industrial developments alongside
canal, road and railway, the diverse residential suburbs extend from the select stucco streets of
Kensington and Paddington, studded with Victorian churches, to more leisurely Edwardian roads
winding over the uplands of Ealing and Harrow. Individual buildings range from medieval
churches and farmhouses of once rural Middlesex villages to the stately Victorian cultural
institutions which made South Kensington internationally famous. Country mansions of
distinction - Burlington's Chiswick House, Soane's Pitshanger - still grace the outer areas whilst
stimulating buildings from the last fifty years range from art deco factories and cinemas to
progressive social housing and the late 20th century business park.
