Known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', Ealing is best known as being home
to the world-famous Ealing Studios, the oldest film studios still in
operation. However, there's much more to Ealing's historical and
architectural heritage than this. Ealing in 50 Buildings explores the
history of this West London borough through a selection of its greatest
architectural treasures, from the Grade I listed medieval St Mary's
Church in Perivale to the twenty-first-century gurdwara in Havelock
Road, the biggest Sikh temple outside India. There are buildings
associated with famous people, such as the Poor Law school, which was
attended by Charlie Chaplin; public buildings such as St Bernard's
Hospital, where reforming surgeon Dr John Conolly worked; as well as
mansions designed by John Soane. Local authors and historians Paul
Howard Lang and Dr Jonathan Oates celebrate Ealing's architectural
heritage in a new and accessible way as they guide the reader around the
borough's historic and modern buildings.