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Perryn Road, LONDON, W3 7LR

The North & South Western Junction Railway opened their line through open fields through here around 1860, to connect the London & North Western and London & South Western Railways. In the distance two North London Line trains are stopped in Acton Central station, formerly, and until 1925, just Acton station.

Looking towards Acton Central station which can just be seen.

The footbridge over the railway carries the footpath connecting Perryn Road with Goldsmith Avenue.

A link from Perryn Road via a footbridge over the railway.

What more do you want from a picture? A level crossing complete with a train, flashing lights and car, taken from East Churchfield Road outside Acton Central London Overground station on the North London Line.

Pedestrian crossing near Perryn Road. Temporary traffic lights are for the railway works.

This opened in about March 2011. Very well placed for commuters on London Overground.

This is an odd building which does not appear to have been built as a dwelling. However, the double window exactly matches those of neighbouring houses.

To the stranger casually looking at a street map Shaa Road looks like a spelling mistake! Nonetheless here it is on site, complete with its road name plate and the old Ordnance Survey map of 1896 shows it with this spelling. A little Googling soon threw up the possible answer. It seems that the road is probably named after Sir Edmund Shaa, a goldsmith who was Mayor of London in 1482 and 1483 and an influential figure of the time in his dealings with Royalty. This is confirmed to a certain extent by the existence of The Goldsmith's Arms pub just around the corner from the other end of Shaa Road. The original properties in Shaa Road appear to have been built in the 1880s by George Wright and the area is now part of the Acton Park Conservation Area. This view is taken from Perryn Road.

The site dates from the mid-seventeenth century, when it was owned by the famous goldsmith John Perryn. When he died the land was passed over to the Goldsmiths Company, which in 1811 decided to build a collection of almshouses. Twelve were built that year, with an additional eight houses in 1838. The Goldsmiths buildings were listed in 1981 to protect their architectural value and they are now a major focal point of the Acton Park Conservation area. In 2011, after years of lying empty, the almshouses were converted into 20 luxury homes by Charterhouse Standard Holdings.