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York House, Twickenham, by T.H.R. Cashmore
Book published by the Twickenham Local History Society in 1990, 69 pages. Paperback - c.14cm by 20.5cm (N8172PE)
From the preface: When Jane Austen, then aged 16, wrote a brief History of England, she attributed it to a partial prejudiced and ignorant historian. Now I am compelled to admit that this brief History of York House is also a partial one in the sense of things omitted either through ignorance or lack of expertise. I have avoided any detailed examination of the interior or its furnishings although there is no lack of evidence from the 1870s onwards, not least in the form of photographs dating back to the 1890s. Furthermore, I have avoided close examination of the architectural history of the House since the evidence is sometimes lacking and often contradictory. I have, it is true, hazarded a personal opinion as to the dating of the central core of the house, hiding behind the fact that even Niklaus Pevsner could date the house as circa 1700 in the first edition of his Middlesex volume of The Buildings of England (1951), yet thirty years later amend this date to the 1650s. But for those of you who want something more tangible, an annexe has been prepared on the architectural history of the building and on some of the unanswered problems. With the annexe there is a chronology and an outline plan of the ground floor of York House. The annexe is the work of Anthony Beckles Willson who is an architect, a sculptor, and an historian. He has examined the house in some detail before preparing this annexe. We owe him a debt of gratitude.
It is to be hoped that during the present work of renovation and restoration, the opportunity will be seized to carry out a close examination of the bones - or at least the core - of the old house, so that experts can give us a more certain guidance as to dating. Until that "autopsy" is complete, it will not be possible to offer more conclusive findings. The contents include:
A New House for the Pitcarnes
The Earl of Manchester
The Hydes: The Earl of Clarendon and his Sons
The Tuftons
The 18th Century and a Period of Confusion
James Whitchurch and James Webber
The Austrian Ambassador and his Twickenham Neighbours
Mrs Damer and the Johnstons (1818-1864)
The French Connection
The Grant Duffs
The French Connection Renewed
The Ratan Tatas in Twickenham
An end and a New Beginning
The Exterior
Additions to the House
The Interior
Roof Construction
Conclusion
Chronology
Condition of the book is generally very good. The covers have one or two minor scuffs and blemishes, but the spine is intact and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.
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