Inner court of Syon House, Isleworth, Middlesex Finish:none Elevation of the Sessions House

Elevation of the Sessions House on Newington Causeway

In the distance ships can be seen on the River Thames

The woman on the right is wearing a much plainer dress but it still has the full hooped skirt and tight bodice

A man and his dog stop to rest in the foreground

Inner court of Syon House, Isleworth, Middlesex Finish:none Elevation of the Sessions HouseInner court of Syon House, Isleworth, Middlesex, 1802. Formerly the site of an abbey, the estate at Syon was acquired after the dissolution of the monasteries by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector to Edward VI. The duke built the house in Italian Renaissance style between 1547 and 1552. After his execution, Syon passed to his rival John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, and the house has been the London residence of the Dukes of