Nellie Ionide’s collection is now housed in the art gallery of Orleans House.
Orleans House is situated in protected woodland on the banks of the Thames and was named in honour of its most famous resident, Luis Felipe, Duke of Orleans who lived there during his years of exile, 1813-15
It was built by James Johnston in 1710, Secretary of State for Scotland. The surprising baroque Octagon was built by James Gibbs in 1720 and was the garden pavilion. After two centuries of private ownership it was demolished in 1926 by a company that wanted, unsuccessfully, to use the land as a quarry. The covering, the Octagon and the adjacent wings were saved by Nellie and turned into an art gallery. On her death in 1962 she donated  the collection to Richmond Borough and little by little it has grown in her honour. The nucleus of the collection consists of 500 works, to which must be added the works acquired after her death to form the 2200 that can be seen today. The greater part have been gifts and legacies, one of the most important being the Paton Collection of 1200 works willed to the Gallery in 1994.
Unfortunately there are few references to Nellie’s dogs that were bred there, but there is documentation about where the dogs were housed. Nellie had made a home for them in the called “Aragon House”, the country house of the children of Queen Anne.