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Dist:0.1km<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<br/>Probably built 1900-1920, judging from the style
©David Hawgood
Dist:0.2km<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<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<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<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<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:0.3km<br/>Former public house, now restaurant, on Uxbridge Road.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.3km<br/>Creffield Road crossroads with Twyford Avenue
©Shaun Ferguson
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©Andrew Hackney
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©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.4km<br/>The fine lion, with pineapple, above the main entrance. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2766938
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.4km<br/>Wetherspoons pub at the junction of Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane. The name is not a Wetherspoon's construct. The pub was built as a replacement for two separate pubs, the Red Lion and The Pineapple, when the tramway depot behind was built, and took both names. (The new building behind is on the site of the old tramway depot.)
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.4km<br/>The western end of High Street. Buses are queuing at the traffic lights on Uxbridge Road.
©Whatlep
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©Stacey Harris

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