Royal Crescent, W11

Road in/near Holland Park, existing between 1839 and now

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August
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2020
The Royal Crescent is a Grade II* listed street in Holland Park.

The Royal Crescent is consisting of two curved facing terraces in a crescent shape. The crescent is located on the north side of Holland Park Avenue, west of Addison Avenue, and to the east of the Holland Park Roundabout.

Between the facing terraces is a landscaped communal garden with expansive lawns and numerous trees. The houses themselves are stucco fronted and are built on four floors, with porticoed entrances, above which are small first-floor balconies with iron railings. Each of the end houses have circular corners.

Designed in 1839, The Royal Crescent was inspired by its older namesake in Bath, it differs from the Bath crescent in that it is not strictly a true crescent but rather two quadrant terraces each terminated by a circular bow in the Regency style, rising as a tower, a feature which would not have been found in the earlier classically inspired architecture of the 18th century which the design of the crescent seeks to emulate. The plan of the Royal Crescent was the design of the planner Robert Cantwell, and it was the need for the newly fashionable underground sewers which caused the crescent to be designed in two halves rather than any consideration for architectural aesthetics. On early maps it is marked as Norland Crescent.

The stucco fronted crescent is painted white, in the style of the many Nash terraces which can be seen elsewhere in London’s smarter residential areas. Today many of these four storey houses have been converted to apartments, although a few remain as private houses.




Main source: Ladbroke Association
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Cape Nursery The Cape Nursery once lay along the south side of Shepherd’s Bush Green.
Corner of Bangor Street and Sirdar Road The location became the Dolphin Pub.
Counters Creek sewer The effluent society
Earl of Zetland The Earl of Zetland - a pub in the Potteries
Shepherds Bush Shepherd’s Bush is an area of west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
The Crown The Crown was situated at 57 Princedale Road.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbotsbury Road, W14 Abbotsbury Road runs between Melbury Road and the road known as Holland Park. (Holland Park)
Addison Avenue, W11 Addison Avenue runs north from Holland Park Avenue and was originally called Addison Road North (Holland Park)
Addison Place, W11 In the nineteenth century, Addison Place was known by two names - Crescent Mews East and Phoenix Place (Holland Park)
Addison Road, W14 Addison Road stretches from Holland Park Avenue to Kensington High Street. (Holland Park)
Bangor Street, W11 Bangor Street was situated on the site of the modern Henry Dickens Court (Notting Hill)
Bourbon Lane, W12 Bourbon Lane is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Boxmoor House, W11 Boxmoor House is a block on Queensdale Crescent (Notting Hill)
Boxmoor Street, W11 Boxmoor Street was also known as Henry Place and Beaumont Street during its brief life (Holland Park)
Bush Court, W12 Bush Court is a block on Shepherd’s Bush Green (Shepherds Bush)
Carlton Mansions, W14 Carlton Mansions is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Caxton Road, W12 Caxton Road is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Charecroft Way, W14 Charecroft Way is a street in West Kensington (Shepherds Bush)
Clandon Court, W14 Clandon Court is a block on Sinclair Gardens (Shepherds Bush)
Darnley Terrace, W11 Darnley Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Debenham House, W14 Debenham House is a block on Addison Road (Holland Park)
Frederick Dobson House, W11 Frederick Dobson House is a block on Cowling Close (Notting Hill)
Frog Island, W12 Frog Island was the name of a lane leading north from the Uxbridge Road (Shepherds Bush)
Hansard Mews, W14 Hansard Mews is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Holland Park Avenue, W11 Holland Park Avenue is one of London’s most ancient thoroughfares (Holland Park)
Holland Park Gardens, W14 Holland Park Gardens is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
Holland Park Mews, W11 Holland Park Mews runs between the two branches of the road known as Holland Park. (Holland Park)
Holland Park Terrace, W11 Holland Park Terrace is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W11 The roads known as Holland Park consist of three main branches. (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W11 Holland Park is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Holland Road, W11 Holland Road is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Villas Road, W14 Holland Villas Road is a wide tree-lined avenue which runs between Upper Addison Gardens and the junction of Addison Crescent and Holland Road (Holland Park)
Hume Road, W11 Hume Road ran from Norland Gardens to Norland Road (Notting Hill)
Hunt Close, W11 Hunt Close is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Kenley Street, W11 Kenley Street, W11 was originally William Street before it disappeared (Notting Hill)
Kenley Walk, W11 Kenley Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Kingsdale Gardens, W11 Kingsdale Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Shepherds Bush)
Ladbroke Mews, W11 Ladbroke Mews runs off Ladbroke Road (Holland Park)
Lansdowne Mews, W11 Lansdowne Mews is a cul-de-sac in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Lorne Gardens, W11 Lorne Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Lower Addison Gardens, W14 Lower Addison Gardens runs between Holland Road and Holland Villas Road. (Holland Park)
Minford Gardens, W14 Minford Gardens is a street in West Kensington (Shepherds Bush)
Mortimer House, W11 Mortimer House is located on Rifle Place (Notting Hill)
Norland Place, W11 Norland Place began its life as Norland Stables (Holland Park)
Norland Road, W11 Norland Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Norland Square, W11 Norland Square is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Olaf Street, W11 Olaf Street was once part of ’Frestonia’ (Notting Hill)
Penzance Place, W11 Penzance Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Pickwick House, W11 Pickwick House can be found on St Anns Road (Notting Hill)
Portland Road, W11 Portland Road is a street in Notting Hill, rich at one end and poor at the other (Notting Hill)
Pottery Lane, W11 Pottery Lane takes its name from the brickfields which were situated at the northern end of the street (Notting Hill)
Poynter House, W11 Poynter House is sited on Swanscombe Road (Notting Hill)
Prince’s Yard, W11 This is a small cul-de-sac off of Princes Road (Holland Park)
Princedale Road, W11 Princedale Road was formerly Princes Road (Notting Hill)
Princes Place, W11 Princes Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Crescent, W11 Queensdale Crescent is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Place, W11 Queensdale Place is a cul-de-sac which runs just off Queensdale Road (Notting Hill)
Queensdale Road, W11 Queensdale Road is a long road stretching from west to east, containing terraces of Victorian houses (Holland Park)
Queensdale Walk, W11 Queensdale Walk is a small cul-de-sac with 2-storey cottages running south off Queensdale Road (Holland Park)
Richmond Way, W12 Richmond Way runs south from Shepherd’s Bush (Shepherds Bush)
Rifle Place, W11 Rifle Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Rockley Court, W12 Rockley Court is a road in the W14 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Rockley Road, W14 Rockley Road is a street in West Kensington (Shepherds Bush)
Romilly House, W11 Romilly House is located on Wilsham Street (Notting Hill)
Royal Crescent Mews, W11 Royal Crescent Mews is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Royal Crescent, W11 The Royal Crescent is a Grade II* listed street in Holland Park (Holland Park)
Saunders Grove, W11 Saunders Grove ran east from Norland Gardens (Notting Hill)
Shepherd’s Bush Green, W14 Shepherds Bush Green is the southern section of road lining Shepherd’s Bush Green itself (Shepherds Bush)
Shepherd’s Bush Place, W12 Shepherd’s Bush Place was formerly known as Providence Place (Shepherds Bush)
St Ann’s Road, W11 St Ann’s Road, along with St Ann’s Villas, runs north from Royal Crescent (Notting Hill)
St Ann’s Villas, W11 St Ann’s Villas, a tree-lined if busy road, leads into Royal Crescent from St Ann’s Road (Notting Hill)
St James’s Gardens, W11 St James’s Gardens is an attractive garden square with St James Church in the middle of the communal garden (Notting Hill)
Stebbing House, W11 Stebbing House is sited on Queensdale Crescent (Notting Hill)
Sterne Street, W12 Sterne Street is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
Swanscombe House, W11 Residential block (Notting Hill)
Swanscombe Road, W11 Swanscombe Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)
Tadmor Street, W12 Tadmor Street is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)
The Little House, W11 The Little House is a block on Holland Park (Holland Park)
The Shepherd’s Building, W14 Shepherd’s East is a block on Charecroft Way (Shepherds Bush)
Upper Addison Gardens, W14 Upper Addison Gardens runs between Holland Road and Holland Villas Road (Holland Park)
Waterden Court, W11 Waterden Court is located on Waterden Court (Notting Hill)
West Cross Route, W11 The West Cross Route is a 1.21 km-long dual carriageway running north-south between the northern elevated roundabout junction with the western end of Westway (A40) and the southern Holland Park Roundabout (Notting Hill)
Westfield Way, W12 Westfield Way is a road in the W12 postcode area (Notting Hill)
Wilsham Street, W11 Wilsham Street was formerly known as St Katherine’s Road (Notting Hill)
Woodsford Square, W14 Woodsford Square is a 1970s development consisting of a series of interconnecting squares hidden away on the eastern side of Addison Road (Holland Park)
Woodstock Grove, W12 Woodstock Grove is a road in the W12 postcode area (Shepherds Bush)


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