1879 – Tower House, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London

Designed by Richard Norman Shaw for Jonathan Carr, developer of Bedford Park, and was built in 1878. It had 16 rooms and tennis and badminton courts in its grounds. The house was demolished in the 1930s. Published in The Building News, October 31, 1879.

“This detached residence has just been erected at Bedford Park on the estate to which we have already on several occasions referred when illustrating the various houses for the middle-class now built there, and also when we published drawings of the Bedford Park club-house and church, all of which buildings, as well as that which we illustrate today, are from designs furnished by Mr. E. Norman Shaw, E.A. The first houses erected on the estate in 1876 were designed by Mr. E. W. Godwin, F.S.A., and remain among the most picturesque as yet erected, but their plans will not compare with those now building. We illustrated them at the time. The church is in an advanced stage, and will be finished by about February next year, in obedience with the terms of the contract, which was taken by Messrs. Goddard and Son, of Faversham. The house here with illustrated by plans, elevations, and a view, is situated to the rear of the club grounds, from which the garden front, as seen by our sketch, was taken. The work was executed by day-work. The materials are red brick for the walls, and tiles for the roofs. The belvedere is covered with copper, and the large bays are finished in rough cast. The external woodwork is painted white. The dining-room is panelled with a high oak dado made with the old pewing, we believe, from one of the old churches in the City.”
The Building News, October 31, 1879

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