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Spring Grove House open to the public
West Thames College opened its Grade II listed Spring Grove House to the public this week as part of London Open House Weekend.
The annual event offers the public free access to buildings of architectural or historical interest across London, with Spring Grove House, formerly Pears House being recognised as a fine example of 18th century architecture.
The building was formally home to the Pears family, of Pears soap fame as well as botanist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled the world with Captain Cook on the HMS Endevour and was largely responsible for the development of Kew Gardens.
Christopher Mills, Head of library and Archives at Kew Gardens, was among the visitors on Saturday.
"There was a much greater wealth and variety of architectural details to see than I was expecting," he said.
"It is clearly one of Hounslow's gems and deserves to be more widely seen and known about - as does Sir Joseph's connection with the area."
From 1922, Spring Grove House was in use as Spring Grove Secondary School, later becoming Spring Grove Grammar School in 1946.
After the school moved to Lampton in 1959 the premises were taken over by Isleworth Polytechnic, later to become Hounslow Borough College and finally West Thames College in 1993.
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