Right underneath the flight path approaching Heathrow Airport lies Osterley House and Park, a Tudor mansion restyled as a neo-classical villa by no less than Robert Adams, master of Palladian architecture. On a hot summer day, the grounds were mostly packed with families from the Indian subcontinent, who came laden with all manners of food, drink and collateral for the extended family.
Grand staircase to Osterley House
The marbled Entrance Hall,
a masterpiece of symmetry and space
The Tapestry Room, resplendent
in crimson and claret, simply breathtaking
