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The Twickenham Museum is a volunteer-run [1] museum in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is located opposite St Mary's parish church at 25 The Embankment, Twickenham TW1 3DU, an 18th-century three-storey building which has been listed Grade II by Historic England [2] and was donated to the museum. [1]
The church stands on the site of an earlier one and incorporates its 15th-century medieval tower. On 9 April 1713 the ancient church's 14th-century nave collapsed. The painter Godfrey Kneller was a churchwarden of St Mary's at the time and was active in the plans for reconstruction in the Neo-classical style by the local architect John James.
Pope was known as the Bard of Twickenham, or sometimes, on account of his acerbity, the Wasp of Twickenham. [74] He lies in St Mary's, Twickenham under a stone slab engraved simply with the letter P, near a bronze memorial plate. [56] Peter Sallis (1921–2017), actor, was born in Twickenham. [75] He was the voice of Wallace in the Wallace and ...
The Chapel in the Wood is a chapel in the grounds of St Mary's University on Waldegrave Road in the Strawberry Hill part of Twickenham, London. The chapel is an example of early Gothic Revival architecture and is a Grade I listed building. [1] The chapel was built for Horace Walpole in 1772–74 and was in the grounds of his home, Strawberry ...
Entrance to the main campus on Waldegrave Road. St Mary's was founded in 1850 on the initiative of Cardinal Wiseman.The Catholic Poor School Committee, which was concerned with providing primary education to children of poor Catholic people throughout the United Kingdom, purchased a former girls' school at Brook Green House, Hammersmith, and adapted it for use as a college with accommodation ...
In about 1722, Twining bought a property later known as Dial House, next door to St Mary's Church, Twickenham, where he either rebuilt or converted and extended the buildings already there. The sundial on the façade is dated 1726, which is possibly the year in which the new building was finished. Memorial, St Mary's Church, Twickenham
Radnor Road, Twickenham: Grotto: 18th century: 25 June 1983: 1065344: Upload Photo: Underground Passage in Grounds of St Catherine's High School Under the junction of Radnor Road and Grotto Road, Cross Deep, Twickenham TW1 4QJ
The Naked Ladies are a Grade II listed [1] statue complex on a rockery and water cascade in the gardens of York House, Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. The larger than human size statues depict eight Oceanids and a pair of aquatic horses.