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Lionel Road in Brentford is a building site, closed to traffic, but pedestrians can still walk through One of the roads which fetures in Ballards's novels - the elevated section of the M4 above the Great West Rd This little castle was once the gate tot Gunnerbury Park. Now there is a simple gate in the fence around the corner The Potomac Lake - a former clay pit A gothic folly converted from a tile kiln
The temple is the only 18th century building remaining in situ At the side of the of the garden front is an archway and steps the park was developed by Princess Amelia when she lived here in the 18th century The garden front and the 'Small Mansion' nextdoor It is a building at risk but still at least partly in use The larger house is now Gunnersbury House Musuem Events are sometimes held in this long series of rooms facing the garden with ornate fireplaces and a painted ceiling A large range of kitches was used for preparing the grand banquets used here And the two French chefs shared this office The main stairs and the landing, with large prints made from the Autochroms taken around the grounds by Leopold de Rothschild They show the place as it was over a hundred years ago - with flamingos the garden slopes away from the house
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