This view, taken on the Thames Path looking south-west along the embankment at The Terrace in the Barnes Green conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames, features what appears to be a cast iron sewer vent pipe, possibly nineteenth century, which still stands in somewhat neglected order near Elm Bank Mansions. Beyond, just past the row of trees, is the White Hart, rebuilt in 1899 on the site occupied by an inn since 1662, the name dating back to the 1770s. it was listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit in 1983. The row of houses visible across the road to the left include several fine eighteenth-century properties, some of which are Grade II listed, the nearest with the three-storey bay window being 26 The Terrace, listed locally, which suffered a catastrophic collapse during basement extension work in 2015. It has since been rebuilt to similar form. Looking to the right of the vent pipe across the bend in the Thames, the distinctive cupola and belfry of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, is believed to have presented a landmark since the mid-sixteenth century. Further to the right, the square building on the riverside, formerly the Queen's Head Hotel but since converted into penthouse flats now known as Tapestry Court, is next to the site of the Lower Dutch House, part of the seventeenth century tapestry works where Flemish weavers once produced fine works, some of which remain in the Royal Collection and in many fine houses and museums.
