St Marks and Canal Conservation Area Appraisal - Ealing Council

St. Mark’s and Canal Conservation AreaCharacter Appraisal1870 OS MapOn the OS Map of 1870 The “Viaduct” public house andBrent Bridge are clearly marked at the junction ofUxbridge Road with Lower Boston Road. A fewstructures are shown either side of Lower Boston Road:on the east side is the “Heath Cottage”, while on the westside a few small cottages are named as “Kent Cottages”.Nos 5-11 Lower Boston Road are already shown on thisOS map. The open space now occupied by the greenwas already named as “Boston Place”. St Marks Schoolappears in its original configuration with an elongatedrectangular plan and an outside gymnasium - it is markedas “National School”. Westminster Road had not yetbeen opened at this time. But further east along LowerBoston Road terraces at Nos 67-73 seem to have beencompleted.Green Lane appears completely clear from constructionsand the area between Green lane and the Brent Riveralso still appears to be fields.Along the canal the structures of Hanwell Asylum areclearly shown with the chapel and the burial ground.Keepers’ Cottages along the canal are shown up toWindmill Bridge and Norwood Top Lock. Around TopLock a few scattered small structures appear alongGlade Lane. The Sanitary Station on the south bank ofthe canal is also shown.The little open space at the meeting point of the BrentRiver with the canal also seems to be still free ofconstructions by the time of the 1870 OS map.1890 OS MapOn the OS Map of 1890 the “Viaduct” pub (here onlymarked as “Inn” and Brent Bridge are clearly marked atthe crossing of Uxbridge Rod and Lower Boston Road.Terraces along the western side of Lower Boston Roadappear complete as well as the Laurel Bank Villas andFrederick Villas on Boston Place. No 17-10 on LowerBoston Road and the Dolphin public house are shown.The Factory Yard north of Boston Place is clearlymarked. By this time Westminster Road had beenopened, St Marks Church had been built and extensionworks to the front and rear of St Marks School areshown.Major changes are recorded along Green Land were theeastern side appears completely filled with cottages. Atthe southern end of Green Lane, at the meeting point ofthe River Brent with the canal, the Fox pub and OaksCottages had been built.No major changes can be recorded along the canal andthe River Brent with the only exception of a few ancillarystructures around the Asylum and the nurseries along theeast bank of the Brent.Ealing Borough Council 2006 13