Site details:
| Ladbroke Square Garden (Ladbroke Estate) |
Kensington & Chelsea |
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Ladbroke Square Garden is part of the Ladbroke Estate, laid out as a planned garden suburb with a coherent layout of concentric crescents and large communal gardens whose features were first suggested in a plan by architect and estate surveyor Thomas Allason in 1823. His scheme was later modified by others, including James Thomson. Building started in the 1840s; the outer crescents date from the 1860s. During the lull in building development, the land was leased from 1837-4 for a racecourse, the Hippodrome. Ladbroke Square commenced in 1842 and is one of the largest private garden squares in London, the communal garden laid out in 1849. It has three lawns, shrubbery and mature trees. |
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| Site location: |
Ladbroke Square |
| Postcode: |
W11 3BJ |
| Type of site: |
Garden Square |
| Date(s): |
1837; 1849 |
| Designer(s): |
Thomas Allason, architect and surveyor (overall plan of Ladbroke Estate) |
| Listed structures: |
LBII: 10-22 Kensington Park Gardens, cast-iron gates with Felix Ladbroke coat of arms |
| Borough: |
Kensington & Chelsea |
| Site ownership: |
private |
| Site management: |
Head gardener: Colin Derome (2008) |
| Open to public? |
Occasionally |
| Opening times: |
Has opened for OGSW. Otherwise private, for keyholders only |
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| Facilities: |
tennis court |
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| Public transport: |
Tube: Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle); Holland Park (Central) Bus: 12, 27, 28, 52, 94, 328, 452 |
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The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/04/2002
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