Site details:
| Stanley Crescent Garden (Ladbroke Estate) |
Kensington & Chelsea |
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Stanley Crescent 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, although he remained involved until his death in 1852. Building started in the 1840s; the outer concentric crescents date from the 1860s. During the lull in building development, the land was leased for a time for a racecourse, the Hippodrome, which operated from 1837-41. After Allason's death, artist and designer Thomas Allom was responsible for the next phase of development, including Stanley Crescent. This is one of the least altered of the communal gardens on the estate. |
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| Site location: |
Stanley Crescent |
| Postcode: |
W11 2NA |
| Type of site: |
Garden Square |
| Date(s): |
1852-3 |
| Designer(s): |
Thomas Allason, architect and surveyor (overall plan of Ladbroke Estate) |
| Listed structures: |
LBII: 36, 38 & 40 Ladbroke Grove; 1-9 Stanley Crescent, 10-11 Stanley Crescent, 12-13 Stanley Crescent |
| Borough: |
Kensington & Chelsea |
| Site ownership: |
private |
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| Open to public? |
Occasionally |
| Opening times: |
Has opened for OGSW. Otherwise private, keyholders only |
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| Public transport: |
Tube: Holland Park (Central), Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle). Bus: 52, 452 |
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The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/06/2004
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