Doubly wrong roof

Ten years ago the first house broke the roof style for this section of Petersham Road by having smooth ridge tiles rather than jagged ones and now this house has got things doubly wrong by going for grey tiles as well as smooth ridges.

Test bore

Just as the Thames Water works next to Teddington Lock finish they move on to Northweald Lane to do a test bore there.

Aftermath

The work that started in July between the paths to Teddington Lock has finished, the construction site has been dismantled and all but cleared away, leaving a patch of bruised land waiting for spring to heal it.

Barely visible fence

The new fence around Bull Meadow, the Grey Court playing fields, has been completed and is all but invisible, it is only the direct sunlight on some of it that gives it away.

Different Woodville Road street signs

Woodville Road is one of the many local roads where its street signs are in a different style. I find that there are differences interesting, as it suggests a job half done, and I also like the review the styles of each one individually.

The first of these two signs is the more recent as shown by the slight serifs and the inclusion of "Ham".

I think it looks a little cramped; the kerning is quite tight, see how the "D" and "V" encroach on each other, and there is little white space at either end.

The older sign is the simpler with no serifs and no kerning. It also has a strangely large gap between the two words.

Solar panels

It was nice to catch the work being done to reroof and install solar panels on several houses in Meadlands Drive and just as nice to see the end result.

Isolated bench

For reasons that are not all obvious to me, all of the vegetation close to this bench (next to Ham Gate) has been cleared away leaving the bench isolated and not at all welcoming.

"X" marks the spot

Thames Water's investigations for their controversial Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) are continuing with a test bore just off Northweald Lane.

Making an interesting house bland

Once upon a time 2 Ashfield Close was an interesting house, and I said so in 2015. One of the things that made it interesting was the unusual roof line and in the latest refurbishment that has been, unaccountably, removed.

The colouring of the house was interesting too and there is still some chance that the new frontage will repeat the use of more than one colour, but I am not that hopeful.

The house has also failed to learn the lessons of its near neighbour across the road which also had large picture windows which the new owners sensibly broke up with glazing bars,