Editing Ickenham (section)

===Swakeleys House===
[[File:Ickenham Festival in the grounds of Swakeleys House.JPG|thumb|The 2010 Ickenham Festival within the grounds of Swakeleys House]]
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Built between 1629 and 1638 for [[Edmund Wright (lord mayor)|Sir Edmund Wright]], the house replaced an existing structure dating back to the 14th century.<ref name="Around Ruislip">Newbery 1996, p.19</ref> In later years the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Sports Association bought the house, followed by the London Postal Region Sports Club. Cricket matches between the club and local teams from Ickenham and Uxbridge were played within the grounds.<ref name="Skinner">Skinner 2005, p.23</ref> The house was bought by three local residents in the 1980s and restored, whereupon it was leased to [[Bristol-Myers Squibb]] for 25 years.<ref>Bowlt 1996, p.23</ref> Since the expiry of the lease in 2009, the house has been open to the public for one day a year as part of [[Open House London]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Row over Swakeleys House open days |last=Coombs |first=Dan |url=http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/west-london-news/local-uxbridge-news/2009/08/17/row-over-swakeleys-house-open-days-113046-24461418/ |newspaper=Uxbridge Gazette |date=17 August 2009 |access-date=1 April 2011}}</ref>