1 Burlington Lane: too large, too close to Hogarth’s House

This building would tower over the Grade I Listed Hogarth’s House and garden, which has been carefully restored using Lottery grants and donations from local organisations, including the William Hogarth Trust. It would also dominate the landscape of Old Chiswick, a conservation area, and would be visible from the river at Chiswick Mall. We are astonished that LB Hounslow’s planning committee has approved the application

Though the 1930s former laundry at the bottom of the garden (western end) cannot be removed we worked closely with the developers of the land to the east to ensure that softly coloured brick housing replace the dark glass 1980s warehousing and offices. This building will rise above all its neighbours and intrude dramatically on the House, a little oasis of calm beside a fine volunteer-run garden with its 17th century mulberry and elegant new studio building. The development is greedy and intrusive and we hope for something more sensitive to the heritage. We have sent our opposition to the Mayor’s website – you can do the same here

Hogarth & the Senses, exhibition and performance

Sensing & Feeling in Hogarth’s World, at Hogarth’s House,  until 16 November 2025, admission free

A special exhibition, co-curated with St Mary’s University

Using Hogarth’s art as a starting point for considering what makes a smell, a taste, a sound, a feeling the exhibition engages visitors in looking at the ways in which sensory and emotional experiences of people in the past may have differed from our own.

Hogarth & the Senses: Music for Chiswick
a musical performance & poetry recital
7pm 18 September, St Nicholas Church

A joint presentation by the Friends of St Nicholas Church and Hogarth’s House, featuring
Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin), Julian Perkins (Harpsichord) and Malene Sheppard Skaerved (poetry)

Tickets £12 (students £6) at the door or on line at ticketsource