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Dist:0.1km north<br/>These were the playing fields of what is now Twyford Church of England High School; its main use now is as rugby football training ground for London Wasps, which also has its offices there. View from the roof of the school, during a London Open House visit.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Probably built 1900-1920, judging from the style
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km north<br/>"The Elms" is a house built in 1735 for Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Keeper of the Record Office. It remained a private house until 1964, when it became a school. The last owners were the Farnell family, who built a teddy bear factory next to the house. The house is now the administrative building of Twyford Church of England High School, which was established in 1980. Photo taken during a London Open House day - note visitors on the roof. For other photos see [[251625]], [[251614]], [[251607]], [[251637]] and [[251644]].
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km north<br/>This is the south wall of The Elms, which is the administrative building of Twyford Church of England High School. Tuck pointing is a decorative white ribbon applied over hand-made irregular bricks to give a neat and uniform appearance. Dr Gerard Lynch in a long description on the Brickmaster website http://www.brickmaster.co.uk/tukcpointing.htm tells us it is: "a highly skilled and refined method of pointing brickwork whereby the overall mortar joint is coloured to match the brick and grooved while still 'green' to receive a carefully placed lime-putty : silver sand joint, which is then carefully trimmed to form a precise ribbon-like profile. Its intention, in England, was to create an illusion of gauged ashlared brickwork on walling constructed of standard, often irregular, handmade bricks."
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km north<br/>This 18th Century house is the administrative building of Twyford Church of England High School. For views from the roof see [[251614]] and [[251607]].
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km north<br/>View from the roof of The Elms, 18th century house which is part of the school. Taken during London Open House visit.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km north<br/>This sports hall with adjacent hard surface sports area are used by Twyford Church of England High School during the day, and as a public sports centre in the evenings and weekends. It is on the site of Farnell's teddy bear factory.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.5km north<br/>One of the two 20 floor towers that dominate the skyline around here.
©Phillip Perry
Dist:0.5km north<br/>A finger of Ealing that pokes into Acton.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.6km north<br/>Viewed from the Noel Road overbridge, the weedy trackwork to the right leads back to the goods yard at Acton Main Line station.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.6km north<br/>This block of flats is at the junction of Lynton Road and Pierrepoint Road.
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.6km north<br/>This is in the square which incorporates King Street. The farmers' market started on May 12th 2007 after refurbishment of the square, and currently is from 9am to 2pm on Saturdays. See Action Acton http://www.actionacton.com/ActonMarket.htm for more details. There is an adjoining handicrafts and clothes market, see [[442326]].
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.6km west<br/>A District Line train leaving Ealing Common station.
©Phillip Perry
Dist:0.6km east<br/>The area around St Mary's church in Acton has just been refurbished as a town square. There are two areas of market at week-ends; this is for clothes, handicrafts, and similar. The nearest stall has goods from Ghana. See Action Acton http://www.actionacton.com/town_centre.htm for details. The other area nearby is a farmers' market.
©David Hawgood

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