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Reading about Twyford Abbey,there are similaritys to Hanworth Park House, another decaying old grand house, that was last in use as a nursing home. It has been abandoned since 1992 when the home closed. Developers have their eyes on the site, but it is GradeII listed.
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/other-sites/62778-hanworth-park-house-feltham.html
J | 06.05.13 - 8:17 a.m. | #
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There *is* an abbey in West London; it's Ealing Abbey (St Benedict's to us locals) and it has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.
As for Twyford, the developers plan (92 flats with 25 of these in the Abbey) was submitted to Ealing Council last July and then the GLA went through it and wanted certain things clarified. I don't know what is happening at the moment.
HoosierSands | Homepage | 06.05.13 - 9:15 a.m. | #
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Just out of interest I checked out Twyford Abbey Properties Ltd on the internet, and every search came back with the information that the company had been dissolved.
AndyH | 06.05.13 - 5:42 p.m. | #
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My younger brother went to the Twyford Abbey school back in the '70's.
There used to be a Guinness plant nearby too. I remember seeing the cows in the fields.
Jackal | 06.05.13 - 9:08 p.m. | #
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I know Dawlish station well and there is nothing remarkable in the bridge's appearance but it's interesting to find out it's unusual history.
Whiff | 07.05.13 - 1:02 a.m. | #
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The footbridge at Dawlish was replaced last year. http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2012/december/Britains-first-grade-II-listed-plastic-footbridge-at-Dawlish-station/
The new one is unusual in being made of plastic composite in an attempt to avoid the unusually severe corrosion suffered by its predecessor.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/11/25/article-2237242-163100F8000005DC-129_964x582.jpg
timbo | 07.05.13 - 7:32 a.m. | #
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Timbo - thanks for the update I haven't been that way for a year or two and look forward to checking out a Grade 2 listed bridge.
Whiff | 07.05.13 - 10:52 a.m. | #
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There are plenty of other listed bridges, for example the Forth Bridge, Clifton suspension bridge, Maidenhead railway bridge - and even footbridges (for example Surbiton Railway station is G2 and has a footbridge). However, this one is apparently the first one made of plastic!
I recall in 1989 BR had to apply for delisting of the Ness Viaduct - despite the fact that the bridge was no longer there, having been swept away in a flood.
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