Grim's Dyke
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Grim's Dyke is a house and estate in Harrow Weald, in northwest London, England. The house was built from 1870 to 1872 by Richard Norman Shaw for painter Frederick Goodall and named after the nearby p
The main entrance
Grim's Dyke from the dyke in 1881
Gilbert in his library in 1891
Gilbert in the library in later years
Grim's Ditch (Harrow)
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Grim's Ditch or Grim's Dyke or Grimes Dike is a linear earthwork in the London Borough of Harrow, in the historic county of Middlesex. Thought to have been built by the Catuvellauni tribe as a defence
Grim's Dyke
…The house was built from 1870 to 1872 by Richard Norman Shaw for painter Frederick Goodall and named after the nearby prehistoric earthwork known as Grim's Ditch. It was converted into a hotel, Grim's Dyke Hotel, in 1970. The house is best known as the home of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, of the opera partnership…
View towards Harrow from near summit of Grim's Ditch
The former home of artist Frederick Goodall and opera librettist W. S. Gilbert
Blue plaque on Grim's Dyke