Aldridge Road Villas, W11

Road in/near Westbourne Park, existing between 1859 and now

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November
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2018
Aldridge Road Villas is a surviving fragment of mid-Victorian residential development.

The Aldridge family held land beside the Harrow Road at Westbourne Park by 1743. John Aldridge, who died in 1795 and was MP for Queensborough, married a wealthy widow, Henrietta Busby. She was a considerable Bayswater landowner and added several scattered fields in Bayswater and Westbourne to John Aldridge’s possessions.

The street’s nineteenth century heart is bounded on three sides by post 1970s housing and with its western side forming part of the boundary between Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.

Aldridge Road Villas contains a mixture of mid-Victorian semi-detached villas with stuccoed Ionic and Corinthian porches and bays, heavily architraved upper floor windows, and broad over-hanging caves. These are adjacent to groups of brick and stucco mid/late-Victorian terraces, some with elaborate dentilled cornices, semi-circular architraved windows and stuccoed, canted bay windows at ground and first floors.

Situated on the north-east edge of the area is Westbourne Park station and ‘The Metropolitan’ Public House which opened in 1866.

The ’Arcadian’ quality of the streets is most evident in Aldridge Road Villas, where mature plane trees provide high amenity value. The large plane tree in the garden of St Andrew’s House in Tavistock Road at the northern end of Aldridge Road Villas, is a fine example of the species and a local landmark of great townscape value. Other specimens in the area include black poplar, ash, sycamore, tree of heaven, lime and lombardy poplar.

Many of the properties in the area have been converted into flats, although the presence of gardens of a reasonable size continues to provide opportunities for family housing.


Citation information: Bayswater – The Underground Map
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
3 Acklam Road From the 19th century up until 1965, number 3 Acklam Road, near the Portobello Road junction, was occupied by the Bedford family.
Acklam Road protests Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway.
Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel stood on the corner of All Saints Road and Westbourne Park Road.
All Saints Notting Hill All Saints church was designed by the Victorian Gothic revival pioneer William White, who was also a mountaineer, Swedish gymnastics enthusiast and anti-shaving campaigner.
Bridge House Canal side house in Westbourne Park
Duke of Cornwall The Duke of Cornwall pub morphed into the uber-trendy "The Ledbury" restaurant.
Political meeting (1920s) Meeting in front of the Junction Arms situated where Tavistock Road, Crescent and Basing Road met.
Portobello Farm Portobello Farm House was approached along Turnpike Lane, sometimes referred to as Green’s Lane, a track leading from Kensington Gravel Pits towards a wooden bridge over the canal.
Portobello Green Portobello Green features a shopping arcade under the Westway along Thorpe Close, an open-air market under the canopy, and community gardens.
St Mary’s Harrow Road St Mary’s Harrow Road was built as the infirmary for the Paddington Workhouse.
The Apollo The Apollo pub was located at 18 All Saints Road, on the southeast corner of the Lancaster Road junction.
The Crown Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway
The Mitre The Mitre was situated at 62 Golborne Road on the corner with Wornington Road.
Westbourne Manor The Manor of Westbourne
Windsor Castle The Windsor Castle dates from the 1820s but its main incarnation was as a classic Victorian public house, seminal in 1970s musical history.

NEARBY STREETS
Acklam Road, W10 Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway (Notting Hill)
Admiral Walk, W9 Admiral Walk is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Alba Place, W11 Alba Place is part of the Colville Conservation Area (Notting Hill)
Aldridge Court, W11 Aldridge Court is in Aldridge Road Villas (Westbourne Park)
Aldridge Road Villas, W11 Aldridge Road Villas is a surviving fragment of mid-Victorian residential development (Westbourne Park)
Alexander Street, W2 Alexander Street was built in 1853 by Alexander Hall of Watergate House, Sussex. (Westbourne Green)
Alfred Road, W2 Alfred Road is the last survivor of a set of Victorian streets (Westbourne Green)
All Saints Road, W11 Built between 1852-61, All Saints Road is named after All Saints Church on Talbot Road (Notting Hill)
Angola Mews, W10 Angola Mews, one of the lost mews of North Kensington, was demolished to make way for the Bevington Road School (North Kensington)
Artesian House, W2 Artesian House is a block on Artesian Road (Notting Hill)
Artesian Road, W2 Artesian Road lies just over the boundary into Paddington from Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Ascot House, W9 Ascot House was built as part of the GLC’s small Windsor estate (Maida Hill)
Barnard Lodge, W9 Barnard Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Basing Street, W11 Basing Street was originally Basing Road between 1867 and 1939 (Notting Hill)
Blagrove Road, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode (Notting Hill)
Blenheim Crescent, W11 Blenheim Crescent one of the major thoroughfares in Notting Hill - indeed it features in the eponymous film (Notting Hill)
Bridstow Place, W2 Bridstow Place is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Brindley Street, W2 Brindley Street was once one of the poorest streets in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Buckshead House, W2 Buckshead House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Caradoc Close, W2 Caradoc Close is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Chepstow Road, W2 Chepstow Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Clydesdale Road, W11 Clydesdale Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Colville Gardens, W11 Colville Gardens was laid out in the 1870s by the builder George Frederick Tippett, who developed much of the rest of the neighbourhood (Notting Hill)
Colville Houses, W11 Colville Houses is part of the Colville Conservation Area (Notting Hill)
Colville Mews, W11 Colville Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Colville Square, W11 Colville Square is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Colville Terrace, W11 Colville Terrace, W11 has strong movie connnections (Notting Hill)
Combe House, W2 Combe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Convent Gardens, W11 Convent Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Cornwall Road, W11 Cornwall Road was once the name for the westernmost part of Westbourne Park Road (Notting Hill)
Courtnell Street, W2 Courtnell Street is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Culham House, W2 Culham House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Dainton House, W2 Dainton House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Daley Thompson House, W11 Daley Thompson House is a block on Colville Square (Notting Hill)
Dartmouth Close, W11 Dartmouth Close is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)
Derrycombe House, W2 Derrycombe House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Devonport House, W2 Devonport House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Dunworth Mews, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Edenham Way, W10 Edenham Way is a 1970s street (North Kensington)
Elgin Mews, W11 Elgin Mews lies in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Elkstone Road, W10 Elkstone Road replaced Southam Street around 1970 (North Kensington)
Elmfield Way, W9 Elmfield Way is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Elsie Lane Court, W2 Elsie Lane Court is a block on Elsie Lane Court (Westbourne Green)
Fallodon House, W11 Fallodon House was planned in 1973 to replace housing between Tavistock Crescent, Tavistock Road, and St Luke’s Road (Westbourne Park)
Folly Mews, W11 Folly Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Foscote Mews, W9 This is a street in the W9 postcode area (Westbourne Green)
Golden Mews, W11 Golden Mews was a tiny mews off of Basing Street, W11 (Notting Hill)
Great Western Road, W11 The name of the Great Western Road dates from the 1850s (Westbourne Park)
Hampden Street, W2 Hampden Street is a now demolished street (Westbourne Green)
Hanwell House, W2 Hanwell House is a block on Great Western Road (Westbourne Green)
Hayden’s Place, W11 Haydens Place is a small cul-de-sac off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)
Hedgegate Court, W11 Hedgegate Court is a block on Powis Terrace (Notting Hill)
Hunter Lodge, W9 Hunter Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Kensal Place, W10 Kensal Place ran from Southam Street to Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Keyham House, W2 The twenty-storey Keyham House is on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Kildare Terrace, W2 Kildare Terrace is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Lancaster Road, W11 Lancaster Road has been called London’s most Instagrammable street (Notting Hill)
Landor House, W2 Landor House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Leamington House, W11 Leamington House was built by 1962 (Westbourne Park)
Leamington Road Villas, W11 Leamington Road Villas is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)
Ledbury Road, W11 Ledbury Road is split between W2 and W11, the postal line intersecting the street (Notting Hill)
Ledbury Road, W2 Ledbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Lister Lodge, W9 Lister Lodge is a street in Maida Vale (Westbourne Green)
Lockbridge Court, W9 Lockbridge Court can be found on Elmfield Way (Westbourne Green)
McGregor Road, W11 McGregor Road runs between St Luke’s Road and All Saints Road (Notting Hill)
Mickletone House, W2 Mickletone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)
Moorhouse Road, W2 Moorhouse Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Morgan Road, W10 Morgan Road connects Wornington Road and St Ervans Road (North Kensington)
Moulsford House, W2 Moulsford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Northumberland Place, W2 Northumberland Place is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Orchard Close, W10 Orchard Close is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)
Pinehurst Court, W11 Pinehurst Court is a mansion block at 1-9 Colville Gardens (Notting Hill)
Polesworth House, W2 Polesworth House is a block on Alfred Road (Westbourne Green)
Polperro House, W2 Polperro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Portishead House, W2 Portishead House is part of the Brunel Estate (Westbourne Green)
Portobello Road, W11 Portobello Road is internationally famous for its market (Notting Hill)
Powis Gardens, W11 Powis Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Powis Mews, W11 Powis Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Green)
Powis Square, W11 Powis Square is a square between Talbot Road and Colville Terrace (Notting Hill)
Powis Terrace, W11 Powis Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Pressland Street, W10 Pressland Street ran from Kensal Road to the canal (North Kensington)
Raddington Road, W10 Raddington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Hill)
Riverford House, W2 Riverford House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Roseland Place, W11 Roseland Place was a short mews located at what is now 224/226 Portobello Road (Notting Hill)
Sappertone House, W2 Sappertone House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Shottsford, W2 Shottsford is one of the buildings of the Wessex Gardens Estate (Westbourne Green)
Shrewsbury Road, W2 Shrewsbury Road is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Silvester Mews, W11 Silvester Mews was a mews off of Basing Street, W11 (Notting Hill)
St Columbs House, W10 St Columbs House is situated at 9-39 Blagrove Road (North Kensington)
St Ervans Road, W10 St Ervans Road is named after the home town of the Rev. Samuel Walker (North Kensington)
St Joseph’s Close, W10 St Joseph’s Close is a cul-de-sac off of Bevington Road (North Kensington)
St Lukes Mews, W11 St Lukes Mews is a mews off of All Saints Road, W11 (Notting Hill)
St Luke’s Road, W11 St Luke’s Road is a street in Notting Hill (Westbourne Park)
St Stephens Mews, W2 St Stephens Mews is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
St Stephen’s Gardens, W2 St Stephen’s Gardens is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Stonehouse House, W2 Stonehouse House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Sunderland House, W2 Sunderland House is sited on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Sutherland Place, W2 Sutherland Place is a street in Paddington (Westbourne Green)
Swanleys, W2 Swanleys was built east of St Stephen’s Church in 1978 (Westbourne Green)
Talbot Road, W11 The oldest part of Talbot Road lies in London, W11 (Notting Hill)
Talbot Road, W2 Talbot Road straddles the W2/W11 postcodes (Westbourne Green)
Tavistock Crescent, W11 Tavistock Crescent was where the first Notting Hill Carnival procession began on 18 September 1966. (Notting Hill)
Tavistock Mews, W11 Tavistock Mews, W11 lies off of the Portobello Road (Notting Hill)
Tavistock Road, W11 Tavistock Road was developed in the late 1860s alongside the Hammersmith and City railway line from Westbourne Park station (Notting Hill)
Truro House, W2 Truro House is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Westbourne Green)
Twisaday House, W11 Twisaday House is a block on Colville Square (Notting Hill)
Waverley Road, W2 Waverley Road, now gone, lasted just over a hundred years (Westbourne Green)
Westbourne Grove, W2 Westbourne Grove began its existence as a footpath (Bayswater)
Westbourne Park Road, W11 Westbourne Park Road runs between Notting Hill and the Paddington area (Westbourne Park)
Westbury House, W11 Westbury House was built on the corner of Westbourne Park Road and Aldridge Road Villas in 1965 (Westbourne Park)
Westway, W10 Westway is the A40(M) motorway which runs on an elevated section along the W10/W11 border (Notting Hill)
Woodfield Road, W9 The first section of Woodfield Road seems to date from the 1830s (Maida Hill)


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