Seventeenth C / 17 th century Boston House, Chiswick Square, ( dates from the 1680s). West London. UK.
Boston House, Chiswick Square, West London. UK. BOSTON HOUSE This fine house in Chiswick Square (perhaps the smallest square in London) dates from the 1680s. It is said to be named for the Earl of Grantham (also Lord Boston) although he never appears to have lived in it. It was extended and refaced in the middle of the 18th century. In the early 19th century it was a school for girls and a plaque on its wall claims it as the setting for `Miss Pinkerton's Academy' in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, although this honour is also claimed by Walpole House where Thackeray himself was a pupil. In 1889 Boston House became St Veronica's Retreat, a home for inebriate women. Between 1912 and 1921 this was run by the Sisters of Nazareth who renamed it Nazareth House. Between 1922 and 1972 the house was used as a staff canteen and recreation area by Chiswick Products Ltd, later Reckitt and Colman. The house was divided into four dwellings and in 1981-2 part of its grounds was sold off for the Boston Gardens housing development. (63)
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Location: Chiswick Square, West London. UK. (63)
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