List of Plates

(Unless otherwise stated all the Plates are photographs taken since 1946 whose copyright belongs to the Greater London Council)

Frontispiece. No. 24 Kensington Park Gardens in 1970

1. Part of T. Starling's map of Kensington, 1822. From the copy in Kensington Central Library

2–4. Part of Edmund Daw's maps of Kensington in 1848, 1863 and 1879. From the copies in Kensington Central Library

5. (a) Kensington Gravel Pits. Oil painting of 1811–12 by John Linnell. Reproduced by permission of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery

(b) The Hippodrome Racecourse. Print of 1841 by Henry Alken in Kensington Central Library

(c) Notting Barns Farm. Lithograph by H. A. Harper in Kensington Central Library

(d) Portobello Farm. Photograph of a sepia drawing by W. E. Wellings in Kensington Central Library

6. St. Mary Abbots Church

(a) Exterior. Watercolour of c. 1810 by Edward Edwards in the London Museum

(b) Exterior. Photograph of c. 1868 in Kensington Central Library

(c) Interior. Pencil drawing of 1869 in Kensington Central Library

7. St. Mary Abbots Church

(a) West front in 1970

(b) Tower and spire in 1960. Photograph in Kensington Central Library

8. St. Mary Abbots Church in 1971

(a), (b) Nave and chancel

9. St. Mary Abbots Church in 1971

(a), (b) Nave and cloister

10. St. Barnabas' Church, Addison Road

(a) Exterior. Watercolour by W. Waller in Guildhall Library

(b) Interior in 1970

11. St. James's Church, Norlands

(a) South front with spire. Watercolour in Kensington Central Library

(b) Interior in 1970

(c) South front in 1971

12. St. John's Church, Ladbroke Grove

(a) Exterior. Engraving in Kensington Central Library

(b) Interior in 1970

13. St. Peter's Church, Kensington Park Road

(a) Exterior in 1965

(b) Interior in 1970

14. All Saints' Church, Talbot Road

(a) Exterior and plan. Engraving in The Building News, 15 Sept. 1876, p. 256

(b) Exterior in 1971

15. All Saints' Church, Talbot Road

(a), (b) Interior in 1970

16. St. Mark's Church, St. Mark's Road

(a) Exterior. Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 7 Nov. 1863, p. 465

(b) Exterior in 1971

(c) Interior in 1970

17. St. George's Church, Aubrey Walk

(a) Exterior in 1939. Photograph copyright of Mr. G. L. Barnes

(b) Interior in 1942. Photograph copyright of Mr. G. L. Barnes

18. (a) St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Ladbroke Grove, interior in 1970

(b) St. Michael and All Angels' Church, exterior. Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 5 Oct. 1872, p. 336

(c) St. Clement's Church, Treadgold Street, interior in 1970

(d) Christ Church, Telford Road, exterior. Engraving in Kensington Central Library

19. St. Paul's Church, Vicarage Gate

(a), (b) Temporary iron church. Engraving inThe Builder, 27 Oct. 1855, p. 507

(c), (d) Exterior, plan and interior. Engravings in The Building News, 11 March 1887

20. Church of St. John The Baptist, Holland Road

(a) Exterior in 1970

(b) Design for interior. Engraving in Kensington Central Library

21. (a), (b) Church of St. John The Baptist, Holland Road, interior in 1970

22. (a), (b), (c) Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Pottery Lane, interior in 1970

23. (a), (b) Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Pottery Lane, exterior in 1970–1

(c) Roman Catholic Church of St. Pius X, St. Charles Square, interior in 1970

(d) Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Bosworth Road, exterior in 1971

24. Monastery of the Poor Clares Colettines, Westbourne Park Road

(a) Design for altar. Drawing by J. F. Bentley in possession of Mr. J. S. Curl

(b) Exterior in 1967

25. (a), (b) Dominican Convent, Portobello Road, chapel and cloister in 1970

(c) St. Joseph's Home, Portobello Road, in 1970. Kensington Central Library

26. (a), (b) Carmelite Monastery, St. Charles Square, chapel in 1971

27. Carmelite Priory and Church, Duke's Lane

(a), (b) Exterior in 1970

(c) Church interior in 1970

28. (a) Baptist Chapel, Kensington Place, in 1971

(b) Kensington Temple, Kensington Park Road, in 1971

(c) Peniel Chapel, Kensington Park Road, in 1971

(d) Talbot Tabernacle, Talbot Road, in 1971

(e), (f) Notting Hill Methodist Church, Lancaster Road, in 1971

29. Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green

(a) Gateway in 1970

(b) Church of England chapel in 1963

(c) Nonconformist chapel in 1965

30. Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green

(a)—(d) Church of England chapel and vaults in 1970

31. Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green

(a)—(d) Monuments. Drawings of 1970 by F. A. Evans in possession of Greater London Council

32. Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green (a)—(f) Monuments in 1972

33. Church details

(a) Tomb of Elizabeth Johnstone, St. Mary Abbots. Drawing by Soane in Sir John Soane's Museum

(b) Font, St. Mary Abbots, in 1971

(c) St. John's altar, St. Francis of Assisi, Pottery Lane. Engraving in Kensington Central Library

(d) Monument to George Shaw, St. Barnabas, Addison Road, in 1970

(e) Reredos, St. John the Evangelist, Ladbroke Grove, in 1970

(f) Monument to John Byam Shaw, St. Barnabas, Addison Road, in 1970

34. (a), (b) Royal Kent Theatre. Watercolours in Kensington Central Library

(c) Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate. Postcard in Kensington Central Library

35. (a), (b) Notting Hill Gate Metropolitan Railway Station. Photographs in possession of London Transport Board

36. (a) Water tower, Campden Hill. Lithograph in Kensington Central Library

(b) Tile kiln, Walmer Road, in 1970

(c) St. Charles Hospital, Exmoor Street, in 1970

(d) North Thames Gas Board, Kensington Church Street, in 1971

37. (a) Vestry Hall, Kensington High Street. Watercolour by T. H. Shepherd in Kensington Central Library

(b) Town Hall, Kensington High Street, in 1971

(c) Public Library, Ladbroke Grove. Photograph in Hermann Muthesius, Die Englische Baukunst der Gegenwart, 1900

(d) Charity School, Kensington High Street. Engraving in Kensington Central Library

38. (a) Nos. 9–13 (odd) Holland Street in 1971

(b) Nos. 16–26 (even) Holland Street in 1971

(c) No. 89 Peel Street in 1971

(d) Nos. 136 and 138 Kensington Church Street in 1971

39. (a) ? Original state of Campden House. Drawing by John Thorpe in Sir John Soane's Museum

(b) Campden House. Oil painting in possession of and reproduced by kind permission of the Earl of Gainsborough

40. (a) No. 54 Sheffield Terrace in 1971

(b) No. 38 Sheffield Terrace in 1971

(c) Gordon Place in 1971

(d) Nos. 14–17 (consec.) Campden Grove in 1971

41. (a) Little Campden House. Photograph of 1937 in possession of G.L.C.

(b) Nos. 42–50 (even) Sheffield Terrace in 1970

(c) Nos. 1–19 (odd) Palace Gardens Terrace in 1971

(d) Nos. 1–3 (consec.) Inverness Gardens in 1971

(e) Hillgate Place in 1971

(f) Campden House Terrace, Kensington Church Street, in 1971

42. (a) Aubrey House, north front. Lithograph in Kensington Central Library

(b) Aubrey House, drawing-room. Watercolour by Mrs. L. Goldsmid in Kensington Central Library

(c), (d) Campden Hill Square, east side, in 1969

43. (a) Nos. 23–27 (odd) Holland Park Avenue in 1970

(b) No. 3 Campden Hill Place in 1971

(c) Aubrey Road in 1971

(d) Hillsleigh Road in 1971

44. Kensington High Street, north side. Watercolour of 1811 by J. Salway, British Museum Add. MS. 31325

45. Bedford Lodge, Campden Hill. Watercolour drawings of 1823 by Jeffry Wyatt in Bedford Estate Office

46. (a) Hornton Street, east side in 1903. Photograph in Kensington Central Library

(b) Hornton Street, east side in 1971

(c) Nos. 44 and 46 Holland Street in 1971

47. (a) Nos. 44 and 45 Phillimore Gardens in 1971

(b) Nos. 1 and 2 Airlie Gardens in 1971

(c) Nos. 1–37 (odd) Hornton Street in 1971

48. (a) Nos. 6–12 (even) Phillimore Place in 1971

(b) The Abbey, Campden Hill Road. Lithograph in sale particulars of 1889 in Members' Library, County Hall

(c) The Abbey, hall. Photograph of 1924 in possession of G.L.C.

49. (a), (c) Edward Linley Sambourne's house, Stafford Terrace, interior in 1961. Photographs by A. F. Kersting

(b) Nos. 18–22 (even) Stafford Terrace in 1971

(d) Thorpe Lodge, Campden Hill, interior in 1954. Photograph copyright of Design magazine

50. (a) No. 73 Addison Road in 1968

(b) Nos. 8 and 9 Holland Villas Road in 1971

(c) Nos. 40–94 (even) Holland Road in 1970

(d) Ilchester Place, north side in 1970

51. (a) Corner of Melbury Road and Holland Park Road in c. 1905. Postcard in Kensington Central Library

(b) Nos. 2–8 (even) Holland Park Road and 20 and 22 Melbury Road in 1960

(c) Nos. 58 and 59 Addison Road in 1968

(d) Nos. 2–9 (consec.) Holland Park in 1963

52. Plan for building on the Ladbroke estate. G.L.R.O.(L), W.C.S. P/18/592

53. (a), (b) Plans of the Hippodrome racecourse. Engravings in Kensington Central Library

54. (a) Plan for building on the Ladbroke estate. Kensington Central Library, MS. 4544

(b) Plan for building on the Ladbroke estate. M.L.R. 1843/3/598

55. (a) Plan for building on the Ladbroke estate. G.L.R.O.(L), W.C.S. P/42/1380

(b) Plan for building on the Ladbroke estate. G.L.R.O.(L), M.C.S. Misc. P/1/19

56. Plan for building on the Ladbroke estate. Engraving in R.L.B.A. library

57. Plan of the Ladbroke estate. Engraving in G.L.R.O.(L), Ac. 61.39

58. (a) Nos. 24–28 (even) Holland Park Avenue in 1958

(b) Nos. 2–6 (even) Holland Park Avenue in 1969

(c) Nos. 30–38 (even) Holland Park Avenue in 1969

(d) Nos. 3 and 4 Ladbroke Terrace in 1972

59. Plans of 'Villas at Notting Hill'. Drawing in the Papworth Collection in R.I.B.A. library

60. (a) Nos. 16–26 (even) Clarendon Road in 1971

(b) No. 39 Clarendon Road in 1971

(c) Nos. 1–6 (consec.) Lansdowne Walk in 1970

(d) Nos. 37–61 (odd) Ladbroke Grove in 1967

(e) No. 61 Ladbroke Grove in 1967

61. (a) Nos. 9 and 11 Ladbroke Road in 1970

(b) No. 14 Ladbroke Road in 1965

(c) Nos. 13–43 (odd) Ladbroke Road in 1969

(d) Nos. 16 and 18 Ladbroke Road in 1970

(e) Nos. 23–37 (consec.) Ladbroke Square in 1969

62. (a) Nos. 1–11 (odd) Clarendon Road in 1964

(b) Nos. 21–35 (odd) Ladbroke Grove in 1969

(c) Nos. 23–29 (odd) Clarendon Road in 1971

(d) Nos. 2–12 (even) Lansdowne Road in 1971

(e) Nos. 12 and 14 Clarendon Road in 1970

(f) Nos. 1–3 (consec.) Kensington Park Gardens in 1969

63. (a) Nos. 87 and 89 Clarendon Road in 1958

(b) Nos. 43 and 45 Clarendon Road in 1970

(c) Nos. 15 and 17 Lansdowne Road in 1969

(d) Nos. 37–43 (odd) Lansdowne Road in 1965

(e) No. 14 Lansdowne Road. Watercolour in possession of Professor E. M. CarusWilson

(f) No. 14 Lansdowne Road in 1971

64. (a) Kensington Park Gardens. Photograph of a lithograph of 1853 by T. Allom in Kensington Central Library

(b) Kensington Park Gardens, north side, in 1971

(c) Kensington Park Gardens, south side, rear elevation in 1965

(d) Stanley Gardens and St. Peter's Church in 1971

65. (a) Nos. 1–3 (consec.) Ladbroke Gardens in 1971

(b) No. 1 Stanley Crescent in 1970

(c) Nos. 10 and 11 Stanley Crescent in 1971

66. (a) Nos. 10–12 (consec.) Kensington Park Gardens in 1965

(b) No. 24 Kensington Park Gardens, interior in 1970

(c), (d) Nos. 20–22 (consec.) Stanley Gardens, front and back in 1971

67. (a) Nos. 52–56 (even) Lansdowne Road in 1969

(b) Nos. 22–34 (consec.) Lansdowne Crescent in 1965

(c) Nos. 104–116 (even) Elgin Crescent in 1970

(d) Nos. 84–104 (even) Lansdowne Road in 1969

(e) Nos. 148–158 (even) Kensington Park Road from Arundel Gardens in 1971

(f) Nos. 80–94 (even) Ladbroke Grove in 1971

68. (a) No. 21 Dawson Place in 1971

(b) Nos. 2 and 4 Chepstow Villas in 1971

(c) Nos. 1–11 (odd) Chepstow Villas in 1971

(d) Nos. 2–18 (even) Pembridge Gardens in 1970

69. (a) Pembridge Square in c. 1865. Photograph in possession of G.L.C.

(b) Nos. 24–26 (consec.) Pembridge Square in 1963

(c) Nos. 1–3 (consec.) Pembridge Square in 1963

70. (a) Design for Royal Crescent. Engraving in Kensington Central Library

(b) Design for St. James's Square (now Gardens). Lithograph in the Guildhall Library

(c) Norland estate, layout plan. G.L.R.O.(L), W.C.S. P/39/1268

71. (a) Addison Avenue in 1963

(b) Norland Square and Queensdale Road in 1970

(c) Nos. 14–24 (consec.) St. James's Gardens in 1954

(d) Nos. 42–46 (consec.) St. James's Gardens in 1970

72. (a) Nos. 23–36 (consec.) Royal Crescent in 1957

(b) Nos. 10–12 (consec.) Royal Crescent in 1969

(c) Princes Place in 1969

(d) Nos. 14–30 (even) St. Ann's Villas in 1968

(e) No. 12 St. Ann's Villas in 1970

73. (a) Linden Lodge. Copy in Kensington Central Library in oils by Herbert Jones of original picture (whereabouts now unknown) by T. Creswick

(b) No. 38 Linden Gardens in 1970

(c) Clanricarde Gardens in 1971

74. (a) St. Ervan's Road in 1971

(b) Nos. 1–12A (consec.) Colville Square in 1970

(c) Nos. 177–193 (odd) Ladbroke Grove in 1971

(d) Nos. 152–168 (even) Ladbroke Grove in 1971

(e) Acklam Road and elevated motorway in 1971

(f) Nos. 154–166 (even) Oxford Gardens in 1970

75. Public houses

(a) The Prince of Wales, Pottery Lane front, in 1970

(b) The Ladbroke Arms, Ladbroke Road, in 1969

(c) Former Clarendon Hotel, Clarendon Road, in 1971

(d) The Elgin, Ladbroke Grove, in 1970

(e) The Britannia, Clarendon Road, in 1958

76. No. 6 Melbury Road. Engraving in Maurice B. Adams, Artists' Homes, 1883

77. (a), (b) Leighton House, Holland Park Road, interior. Undated photographs National Monuments Record

78. No. 8 Melbury Road. Engraving in Maurice B. Adams, Artists' Homes, 1883

79. No. 118 Campden Hill Road. Engraving in The Building News, 28 June 1878

80. No. 31 Melbury Road. Drawings by R. Norman Shaw in the possession of and reproduced by permission of the Royal Academy of Arts

81. (a), (b) Artists' houses in Melbury Road. Photographs in Hermann Muthesius, Die Englische Baukunst der Gegenwart, 1900

82. Nos. 2 and 4 Melbury Road. Engraving in Maurice B. Adams, Artists' Homes, 1883

83. No. 14 Melbury Road. Engraving in Maurice B. Adams, Artists' Homes, 1883

84. (a) No. 47 Melbury Road in 1972

(b) No. 2B Melbury Road in 1960

(c) Nos. 55 and 57 Melbury Road in 1972

85–89 Tower House, Melbury Road. Photographs of c. 1885 in possession of G.L.C.

90. No. 8 Addison Road in 1956

(a) Entrance vestibule

(b) Hall

(c) Exterior

91. No. 8 Addison Road, designs by Halsey Ricardo. Drawings in R.I.B.A. library

92. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) North end. Lithograph of 1844 in R.I.B.A. library

(b) No. 8. Lithograph in Kensington Central Library

(c) Nos. 8 and 8A. Photograph of 1938 in the Crown Estate Office

93. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) No. 17. Lithograph in R.I.B.A. library

(b) No. 17 in 1971

(c) No. 26. Lithograph in Kensington Central Library

(d) Nos. 6 and 7 in 1966

94–95. No. 12 Kensington Palace Gardens in 1971

96. No. 20 Kensington Palace Gardens

(a), (b) Original front and proposed alterations. Drawings of 1857 by R. R. Banks and C. Barry, junior, in Public Record Office, LRRO 1/2109

97. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) No. 20 in 1971

(b) No. 24 in 1971

98. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a), (b) No. 19 in 1970. Photographs copyright of T. P. Bennett and Son, 246 High Holborn

(c) Nos. 18 and 19 in 1965

99. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a), (c) No. 21 in 1971

(b) No. 16 in 1966

100. No. 10 Kensington Palace Gardens. Drawings of 1846 by P. Hardwick in Public Record Office, MPE 832

101. No. 10 Kensington Palace Gardens in 1971

102. No. 14 Kensington Palace Gardens

(a), (b) Front and side elevations in 1855. Drawings by T. Cubitt in Public Record Office, LRRO 1/2091

(c) Front in 1965

(d) Back in 1971

103. No. 13 Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) Front. Engraving in The Builder, 5 June 1852, p. 361

(b) Saloon. Engraving in C. J. Richardson, Picturesque Designs for Mansions, Villas, Lodges. . ., 1870, p. 387

(c) Front. Photograph of 1924 in Public Record Office, LRRO 1/4453

104. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) No. 22 in 1965

(b) No. 23 in 1971

(c), (d) No. 9 in 1971

105. No. 11 Kensington Palace Gardens in 1971

106. No. 15 Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) Front in 1966

(b) Back in 1971

(c), (d) Library and music-room in 1939. Photographs copyright Country Life

107. Kensington Palace Gardens

(a) No. 15, hall in 1971

(b) No. 15A in 1965

(c) No. 12A. Engraving in The Builder, 23 Sept. 1865, p. 677

108. No. 1 Palace Green

(a) Exterior in c. 1956. Photograph copyright P. Gotlop

(b) Exterior in 1971

(c) South front in 1905. Photograph in the Crown Estate Office

109. No. 1 Palace Green, morning-room. Photographs in The Studio, vol. XV, Oct. 1898

110. Palace Green

(a) No. 4 in 1967

(b) No. 5 in 1966

(c)No. 6 in 1965

(d) No. 7 in 1965

(e) No. 8 in 1966

(f) No. 10 in 1966

111. Palace Green, interiors in 1971

(a) No. 5

(b) No. 10

(c), (d) No. 8

112. Flats

(a) Campden Houses, Peel Street, in 1971

(b) Mall Chambers, Kensington Mall, in 1971

(c) Campden Hill Court, Campden Hill Road, in 1971

(d) Oakwood Court, Addison Road, in 1971

(e) Hornton Court, Kensington High Street, in c. 1912. Photograph in Kensington Central Library