Rowan Walk, N2

Rowan Walk was built in the mid-1930s by various architects including De Metz, Soutar, Katona, Butler, and Drury and Reekie.

Hampstead Garden Suburb
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There are sections of Rowan Walk where groups of houses by a single architect bring a sense of a designed environment.

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
Janelle Robbins Blossom Place, E1 Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT	Harriet Robbins Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins Reply
Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
Mark G Skidmore Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT	Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street. Reply
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply

NEARBY STREETS

Abington House, NW11 Abington House is a block of flats designed for housing ’working women’ (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Abington House, NW11

Beaufort House, NW11 Beaufort House is one of the 1928-built Emmott Close blocks (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Beaufort House, NW11

Belvedere Court, N2 Belvedere Court is a residential block consisting of fifty-six flats (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Belvedere Court, N2

Brunner Close, NW11 Brunner Close is a cul-de-sac situated off of Litchfield Way (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Brunner Close, NW11

Bute Mews, N2 Bute Mews lies behind Market Place (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Bute Mews, N2

Byron Drive, N2 Byron Drive is one of a number of cul-de-sacs off The Bishops Avenue built when large houses were demolished for development (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Byron Drive, N2

Carlyle Close, N2 Carlyle Close dates from 1935 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Carlyle Close, N2

Carpenter House, NW11 Carpenter House is a 1928-built block on Emmott Close (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Carpenter House, NW11

Chalton Drive, N2 Carlyle Close, Spencer Drive, Milton Close and Charlton Drive were all developed between 1934 and 1937 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Chalton Drive, N2

Church Mount, N2 Church Mount features detached houses individually designed in the late 1930s and mid-1950s by various architects (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Church Mount, N2

Constable Close, NW11 Constable Close runs southwest from Wildwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Constable Close, NW11

Cosway House, NW11 Cosway House is one of the blocks framing the entrance to Emmott Close (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Cosway House, NW11

Cotman Close, NW11 Cotman Close leads off Meadway (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Cotman Close, NW11

Deacons Rise, N2 Deacons Rise runs parallel to the main A1 running through the area (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Deacons Rise, N2

Emmott Close, NW11 The Emmott Close flats were ’aimed at working women’ (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Emmott Close, NW11

Grey Close, NW11 Grey Close lies opposite Litchfield Way (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Grey Close, NW11

Holne Chase, N2 Holne Chase is the eastern extension of Meadway and leads to Winnington Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Holne Chase, N2

Kingsley Close, NW11 Kingsley Close is an attractive example of 1934 Moderne architecture by Welch, Cachemaille-Day and Lander (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Kingsley Close, NW11

Kingsley Way, N2 Kingsley Way is largely the work of Soutar and Butler, with some 1930s insertions by other architects that still fit the overall character (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Kingsley Way, N2

Linden Lea, N2 Linden Lea was developed by H. Meckhonik and J. Oliphant in the mid to late 1930s (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Linden Lea, N2

Litchfield Way, NW11 Litchfield Way is characterised by large groups of consistently designed 1920s houses interspersed with one-off designs (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Litchfield Way, NW11

Lyttelton Road, N2 Lyttelton Road (and Market Place) formed part of Unwin’s 1911-12 plan for the ‘New (Hampstead Garden) Suburb’ (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Lyttelton Road, N2

Lytton Close, N2 Lytton Close, designed by G.G. Winbourne in 1935, is a Grade II-listed Modern Movement development (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Lytton Close, N2

Meadway, NW11 Meadway and the Great Wall form parallel axes running through the central area of Hampstead Garden Suburb. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Meadway, NW11

Middleway, NW11 The majority of Middleway was designed by J.C.S. Soutar in the 1920s in his neo-vernacular style (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Middleway, NW11

Milton Close, N2 Milton Close was designed by C.G. Butler between 1934-1936 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Milton Close, N2

Neville Drive, N2 Most houses on Neville Drive were built in the mid-1930s by a variety of architects, reflecting the economic realities of the period (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Neville Drive, N2

Norrice Lea, N2 Norrice Lea is a road leading into Hampstead Garden Suburb from the A1 Lyttleton Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Norrice Lea, N2

Raeburn Close, NW11 Raeburn Close leads off Wildwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Raeburn Close, NW11

Rowan Walk, N2 Rowan Walk was built in the mid-1930s by various architects including De Metz, Soutar, Katona, Butler, and Drury and Reekie (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Rowan Walk, N2

Spencer Drive, N2 Spencer Drive is mid 1930s development within Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Spencer Drive, N2

Sutcliffe Close, NW11 Sutcliffe Close is a symmetrical close designed by J.W. Binge in 1926 in the Arts and Crafts style (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Sutcliffe Close, NW11

The Bishops Avenue, N2 The Bishops Avenue is a prestigious road connecting East Finchley with the north side of Hampstead Heath at Kenwood (Hampstead Lane) (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

The Bishops Avenue, N2

White Lodge Close, N2 White Lodge Close is a later infill road, off The Bishops Avenue (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

White Lodge Close, N2

Winnington Close, N2 Winnington Close lies off Winnington Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Winnington Close, N2

Winnington Road, N2 Winnington Road was added to Hampstead Garden Suburb in 1930 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)

Winnington Road, N2

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Lyttelton Playing Fields A dispute between Finchley Urban District Council and Hampstead Garden Suburb as to whether the Lyttelton Playing Fields were to be exempt from building was settled by a Public Enquiry in 1931 and the lands conveyed to Finchley UDC in 1933. Credit: Wiki Commons/Memespring TUM image id: 1658403965 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Constructing Golders Green station (c. 1904) This is a view from above the Northern Line tunnel entrance Credit: London Transport Museum TUM image id: 1660648864 Licence:	The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Lane From "Old and New London: Volume 5" (1878) Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1674146482 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Bishops Avenue’s name derives from the bishops of London, who owned a large hunting park in the area in the late Middle Ages. The Bishops Avenue, connects the north side of Hampstead Heath at Kenwood (Hampstead Lane) to East Finchley. It is considered to be one of the wealthiest streets in the world. The road is often referred to by its nickname of "Billionaires’ Row". Credit: Hidden London TUM image id: 1695295952 Licence:	Bute Mews Credit: Godfrey and Barr TUM image id: 1658403397 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Turners Wood Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust TUM image id: 1556627244 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Belvedere Court - a 1930s block on Lyttleton Road Credit: Wiki Commons/Martin Addison TUM image id: 1712227997 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Lyttelton Playing Fields A dispute between Finchley Urban District Council and Hampstead Garden Suburb as to whether the Lyttelton Playing Fields were to be exempt from building was settled by a Public Enquiry in 1931 and the lands conveyed to Finchley UDC in 1933.
Credit: Wiki Commons/Memespring
Licence: CC BY 2.0

Bute Mews
Credit: Godfrey and Barr
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Belvedere Court - a 1930s block on Lyttleton Road
Credit: Wiki Commons/Martin Addison
Licence: CC BY 2.0