Chiswick House
In Chiswick House once stood a grand Neo-Palladian villa designed by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and completed in 1729. The house and its 26.33 hectares of grounds, largely laid out by William Kent, helped define the English landscape garden and remains a landmark example of Palladian architecture in west London. After Burlington’s death in 1753, the property passed through the Cavendish family, with Georgiana Spencer later using it as a Whig retreat; notable figures associated with the house include Charles James Fox, who died here in 1806, and Prime Minister George Canning, who died in 1827 in the John White wing. The 19th century saw decline, and in 1892 it became the Chiswick Asylum. In 1929 Middlesex County Council acquired it, and it even served as a fire station. World War II brought damage; a V-2 rocket in 1944 damaged a wing, and both wings were demolished in 1956. …
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