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Moving westward out of the idyllic atmosphere of Syon Park with its grazing cattle and magnificent glasshouse, and its great house we see the tower of the medieval church by the river Thames at Isleworth.
No matter where I am, city or country, here or in foreign lands I am drawn by the effect of buildings and landscape grouped together in their unique local styles.
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Traditional, rare breed longhorn cattle (I think they are most likely Scottish Highland Longhorns, but I'm not certain) graze in the parkland of the Duke of Northumberland's great house at Syon, near Isleworth.
This parkland also contains the magnificent glasshouse I showed several days ago.
From Brentford canal docks we cross the River Brent and enter Syon Park. We move from the Industrial Revolution and urban "grey" into the "English Landscape" within little more than 200 metres.
Over the next few days we'll walk from there back along the Thames into Richmond.
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You've already seen this from a slightly different perspective, but I wanted to show this wide-angle shot because it places the glass-house in the Duke of Northumberland's parkland at Syon House firmly into its "English Landscape" setting. You enter the park and come round the bend and... !!!!... there it is!!! It's quite breathtaking to see in this context.
Even more interesting: the Duke's parkland and his great house are on the west bank of the Brent. Here we have "noble magnificence", but immediately opposite on the east bank of the river we have the highly industrial Brentford canal docks. These contrasts make a walking tour even more interesting.
The great glass-house in the gardens of Syon House.
Camera: Olympus E3
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