Stafford Terrace, W8

Road in/near Kensington, existing between 1868 and now

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July
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2017
Stafford Terrace was built between 1868 and 1874 by builder Joseph Gordon Davis.

Joseph Davis built similar Italianate designed houses in Pimlico.

12 Stafford Terrace was the home of Freddie Mercury in the 1980s.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Ashbourne College Ashbourne College is an independent school and sixth form located in Kensington.
Biba Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s, started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon.
Derry and Toms Derry & Toms was a London department store.
High Street Kensington High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street.
Kensington Market Kensington Market was a three storey indoor market at 49 Kensington High Street, created in late 1967
Kensington Roof Garden Kensington Roof Garden (formerly known as Derry and Toms Roof Gardens) covers 6000 square metres.
Kensington School The Kensington Proprietary Grammar School was an educational establishment founded in 1830 that is perhaps best remembered for being one of the founders of the Football Association in 1863.
Linley Sambourne House 18 Stafford Terrace, formerly known as Linley Sambourne House, was the home of the Punch illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne and open as a museum.
St Mary Abbot’s St Mary Abbots is a church located on Kensington High Street and the corner of Kensington Church Street in London W8.
St Mary Abbots Hospital St Mary Abbot’s Hospital operated from 1871 to 1992. From 1846 to 1869 the site housed the Kensington Parish Workhouse.

NEARBY STREETS
Abbots Court, W8 Abbots Court is a block in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Abbots Walk, W8 Abbots Walk is one of a number of thoroughfares built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Abingdon Court, W8 Abingdon Court is a block of flats on Abingdon Villas (Kensington)
Abingdon Gardens, W8 Abingdon Gardens is a block on Abingdon Villas (Kensington)
Abingdon Mansions, W8 The Abbots of Abingdon were once Lords of the Manor of Abbot’s Kensington (Kensington)
Abingdon Road, W8 Abingdon Road stretches between Stratford Road and Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Abingdon Villas, W8 Abingdon Villas runs between Earls Court Road and Marloes Road (Kensington)
Adam And Eve Mews, W8 Adam And Eve Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Allen Street, W8 Allen Street extends south from Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Argyll Road, W8 Argyll Road was built as part of the development of the Phillimore Estate (Kensington)
Arundel House, W8 Arundel House is a block on Palace Green (Kensington)
Ball Street, W8 Ball Street was created by the Kensington Improvement Scheme of 1868-71, carried out by the Metropolitan Board of Works. (High Street Kensington)
Blithfield Street, W8 Blithfield Street is a quiet cul-de-sac running north from Stratford Road (Kensington)
Campden Grove, W8 Campden Grove runs between Kensington Church Street and Hornton Street. (Kensington)
Campden Hill Close, W8 Campden Hill Close is a small cul-de-sac entered by a narrow driveway off Hornton Street (Kensington)
Campden Hill Court, W8 Campden Hill Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Campden Hill Road, W8 Campden Hill Road runs between Notting Hill Gate and Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Campden Hill, W8 Campden Hill is a hill and street in Kensington (Kensington)
Cedar House, W8 Cedar House is sited on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Chantry Square, W8 Chantry Square is part of the Kensington Green Estate, built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Cheniston Gardens, W8 Cheniston Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Como House, W8 Como House is a block on Wrights Lane (Kensington)
Cope Place, W8 Cope Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Derry and Toms Building, W8 Derry and Toms Building is a block on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Derry Street, W8 Derry Street formerly known as King Street and laid out in the mid-1730s (High Street Kensington)
Devonshire Place, W8 Devonshire Place lies off St Mary’s Place (Kensington)
Drayson Mews, W8 Drayson Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Duchess of Bedford’s Walk, W8 Lady Georgiana Russell, wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford lived at Argyll Lodge, a former house on Campden Hill, near the location of the road (Kensington)
Earl’s Terrace, W8 Earl’s Terrace is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Earls Court Road, W8 Earls Court Road runs south from Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Earls Walk, W8 Earls Walk is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Eden Close, W8 Eden Close is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Edwardes Place, W8 Edwardes Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Edwardes Square, W8 Edwardes Square is a garden square in Kensington (Kensington)
Essex Villas, W8 Essex Villas is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Falkland House, W8 Falkland House is a block on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Gordon Place, W8 Gordon Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Gregory Place, W8 Gregory Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Holland Green, W8 Holland Green is a block - part of the Design Museum (Kensington)
Holland House, W8 Residential block (Holland Park)
Holland Lane, W8 Holland Lane was a small side street next to the Holland Arms (Kensington)
Holland Park Road, W14 Holland Park Road runs between Addison Road and Melbury Road. (Holland Park)
Holland Park, W8 Holland Park is a street in Notting Hill (Holland Park)
Holland Street, W8 Holland Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Hornton Place, W8 Hornton Place is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Hornton Street, W8 Hornton Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Ilchester Place, W14 Ilchester Place runs between Abbotsbury Road and Melbury Road, immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of Holland Park itself. (Holland Park)
Iverna Court, W8 Iverna Court was Iverna Gardens before 1935 (High Street Kensington)
Iverna Gardens, W8 Iverna Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Juniper Court, W8 Juniper Court is sited on St Mary’s Place (Kensington)
Kenbrook House, W14 Kenbrook House is a block on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Kensington Arcade, W8 Kensington Arcade is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Church Court, W8 Kensington Church Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington Church Walk, W8 Kensington Church Walk is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Kensington High Street, W8 Kensington High Street is one of western London’s most popular shopping streets, with upmarket shops serving a wealthy area. (High Street Kensington)
Kensington Palace Gardens, W8 Kensington Palace Gardens is a street in west central London with some of the most expensive properties in the world. (Kensington)
Kensington Square, W8 Kensington Square is a garden square in London, W8 (Kensington)
Lancer Square, W8 Lancer Square is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Leonard Court, W8 Leonard Court is a block on Leonard Court (Kensington)
Macmillan House, W8 Residential block (High Street Kensington)
Marloes Road, W8 Marloes Road runs north from the Cromwell Road (Kensington)
Marlogs Road, W8 Marlogs Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Melbury Court, W8 Melbury Court is a block facing Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Melbury Road, W14 Melbury Road is a grand, sweeping avenue, laid out from 1875 onwards (Holland Park)
Observatory Gardens, W8 Observatory Gardens commemorates what was the world’s finest private observatory. (Kensington)
Old Court Place, W8 Old Court Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Palace Green, W8 Palace Green is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Palace Place Mansions, W8 Palace Place Mansions is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Park Close, W14 Park Close is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Pembroke Mews, W8 Pembroke Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Pembroke Place, W8 Pembroke Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Phillimore Gardens, W8 Phillimore Gardens, in 2022, was the most expensive street in England, with an average house price of £23.8m (Kensington)
Phillimore Place, W8 Phillimore Place was part of the old Phillimore Estate and, at first, named Durham Villas (Kensington)
Phillimore Walk, W8 Phillimore Walk is a street in Kensington (High Street Kensington)
Pitt Street, W8 Pitt Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Plane Tree House, W8 Plane Tree House is a block on Phillimore Gardens (Kensington)
Rutland House, W8 Rutland House can be found on Marloes Road (Kensington)
Scarsdale Place, W8 Scarsdale Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Scarsdale Villas, W8 Scarsdale Villas was built between 1850 and 1864 (Kensington)
Sheldrake Place, W8 Sheldrake Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
South Edwardes Square, W8 South Edwardes Square derives its name from William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington - the square was built on part of his Holland House Estate. (Kensington)
St James House, W8 Residential block (Kensington)
St John’s Villas, W8 St John’s Villas is a 1990s development (Kensington)
St Margarets Lane, W8 St Margarets Lane runs along the northern boundary of the Kensington Green Estate (Kensington)
St Mary Abbots Terrace, W14 St Mary Abbots Terrace is a street in West Kensington (Holland Park)
St Mary Abbot’s Place, W8 This is a street in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
St Mary’s Gate, W8 St Mary’s Gate was laid out over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
St Mary’s Place, W8 St Mary’s Place is a road which was built over the site of St Mary Abbots Hospital (Kensington)
Stable Yard Ilchester Place, W14 Stable Yard Ilchester Place is a street in Kensington (Holland Park)
Stafford Court, W8 Stafford Court can be found on Kensington High Street (Kensington)
Stafford Terrace, W8 Stafford Terrace was built between 1868 and 1874 by builder Joseph Gordon Davis (Kensington)
Stone Hall Place, W8 Stone Hall Place leads to Stone Hall Gardens (Kensington)
Strangways Terrace, W14 Strangways Terrace is a road in the W14 postcode area (Holland Park)
Sutherland House, W8 Sutherland House is a block on Marloes Road (Kensington)
The Barkers Building, W8 The Barkers Building is located on Derry Street (High Street Kensington)
Thomas Place, W8 Thomas Place leads off St Mary’s Place (Kensington)
Thornwood Gardens, W8 Thornwood Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Upper Phillimore Gardens, W8 Upper Phillimore Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Vicarage Court, W8 Vicarage Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Warwick Chambers, W8 Warwick Chambers is a street in Kensington (Kensington)
Wright’s Lane, W8 Wright’s Lane is a old lane of Kensington (Kensington)
Wynnstay Gardens, W8 Wynnstay Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
York House Place, W8 York House Place existed between 1839 and 1904 (Kensington)
York Passage, W8 York Passage is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)
Young Street, W8 Young Street, named after the developer of Kensington Square, was in use as a road by 1685 (High Street Kensington)
Zetland House, W8 Zetland House can be found on Marloes Road (Kensington)


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