Dormer windows and more

The dormer windows are the main treat here but the whole picture is an architectural delight from the tops of the chimneys down to the brick decorations in the walls.

These delights can be found at the entrance to the lane leading to Petersham Nurseries.

Mallard expands

Mallard is a semi-detached house made prominent by its location on the corner of Sandy Lane and Arlington Road and it is along Arlington Road that it is expanding into two blocks that bear little relationship to the original house.

b.t.w. this is one of several houses that I have been in that have been updated in the last couple of years. When your kids go to local schools you get to visit lots of houses which is great for the architecturally curious!

Steps

There is so much to enjoy at Ham House and these steps are one of those things.

A line of barriers

Somebody is doing something in Riverside Drive, at the Ham Street end, and there is a line of red barriers showing where it is being done.

New Owner New Wines

Taylor's Wines has been in its current location since 2018 and I have bought a few wines (and champagnes) from there over the years. Now the white writing in the window announces that it has a New Owner and that means New Wines. 

Stokes House scaffolding

I took a similar picture of Stokes House (Ham Street) back in May when the scaffolding was going up and, for the same reason, I like scaffolding and I like it even more when it is as exposed against the sky as this.

The now revealed house has a new roof and the walls have new render.

Coloured panels

The hedge in the foreground, on Croft Way, has had a severe cutting back exposing some colourful panels at Meadowview Nursery.

Three chimneys

There is nothing particularly special or unusual about these chimneys at the entrance to Cedar Heights  (as far as I can tell), they just look good, and that is enough to get them noticed.

Repaving Riverside Drive

I did not think that there was anything wrong with the paving on the north side of Riverside Drive as it approaches Hardwicke Road but LBRuT had different ideas and have repaved it all.