Brondesbury Park
| Brondesbury Park | |
| Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Brondesbury Park railway station | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ175855 |
| Location: | 51°32’20"N, 0°12’36"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 13,023 |
| Post town: | London |
| Postcode: | NW6 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Brent |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Brent East |
Brondesbury Park is a suburb in Middlesex, centred on Brondesbury Park railway station and the street, an avenue, which shares its name. The area has a number of open spaces, primarily Queen's Park and Tiverton Green.
Humphry Repton's Brondesbury Park
Brondesbury Park is an alternate name for its manor, a specially empowered division of the large parish of Willesden as one of its eight prebends. The manor house is long-demolished. Landscape designer Humphry Repton transformed the focal ten acres of Brondesbury Park, a varying demense but in most years 54 acres in the 18th and 19th century, when he designed the garden. The house had been bought by his client Lady (Sarah) Salusbury's in 1789. Repton produced one of his famous 'Red Books' for the manor house, which has been republished, along with his Red Book for Glemham Hall in Suffolk.
Repton planned a garden with views across London, but Lady Salusbury wanted shade rather than sweeping views. The grounds of Lady Salusbury's house only amounted to ten acres. Repton found very few trees, so had planted hundreds of mature trees and shrubs. Lady Salusbury was so delighted with the work that she gave Repton a bonus of £50.[1]
Some street names allude to the inclosed private park (garden) dominating the north of the area and notable manorial owners. The street named Brondesbury Park leads into Salusbury Road.
Repton also worked on Wembley Park including what became Wembley Stadium today in the same borough.[2]
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References
- ↑ Repton, Humphry (1994). The Red Books for Brandsbury and Glemham Hall. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Reprints and Facsimiles in Landscape Architecture. ISBN 978-0-88402-227-5.
- ↑ Williams, Leslie R; Cunnington, Win; Hewlett, Geoffrey (1985). "Evidence for a Surviving Humphry Repton Landscape: Barnhills Park, Wembley". Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society 36: 189–202.