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Queens Road, RICHMOND, TW10 6JW

Taken from just outside the Cambrian Gate, a pedestrian gate into Richmond Park.

I don't often submit photos of vehicles to Geograph, on the grounds that they're mobile. But this old Chevy 32 Apache hasn't moved for so long that it seems pretty much a landmark. The San José/California 'license plate' carries the date 1959. I get the impression that the vehicle is being restored, but it's a slow process.

There are a number of these handsome buildings along the west side of Queen's Road. Not all retain as much of the original exterior detailing as this pair.

This is a little dead-end street running south-eastwards from Friars Stile Road, stopping just short of Queen's Road. The houses on the south side are early 'semis', and appear to be all of one build. A string-course at eaves level is enough to hint that the gables are to be read as classical pediments. Most have a little roundel up in the 'pediment', and all have stone quoins. But the 'Georgian' details seem pretty vestigial and I'd guess that the row was built after 1830.

Looking north-northwest.

Looking north-northeast.

When Richmond Park was first enclosed, by King Charles I, the Crown also commandeered a strip of land 16 feet 6 inches wide outside the Park wall. The primary purpose of this strip - the so-called freebord - seems to have been to allow passage along the wall for maintenance purposes. Over the course of centuries much of the freebord has been encroached upon, so that there are now few places where it is still constitutes a public passageway. One such place is here, off Chisholm Road, Richmond, where the freebord gives access to the Park via a pedestrian gate. The house on the right, built into the Park wall, is known as Bishop's Lodge - because once upon a time a gamekeeper called Bishop lived here.

This is a little dead-end street that runs south-east from Friars Stile Road. The houses on the south side are early 'semis', and appear to be all of one build. A string-course at eaves level is a hint that each gable is a classical pediment. Most have a little roundel up in the 'pediment', and all have stone quoins. But the 'Georgian' details are fairly minimal and I'd guess that the row was built after 1830. Houses on the north side of the street are more varied in style and date.

Looking north-northeast.