Lowfield Road is the northern extension of Kingsgate Road, NW6.
Donald Nicoll MP was the owner of a gentlemen’s outfitter’s in Regent Street. He leased a house called Oaklands Hall from Charles Spain from 1861 to 1872 and also owned portions of what was called the "Little estate" - forming a 23 acres estate which he renamed West End Park.
Nicoll was a director of the Metropolitan and St. John’s Wood railway from 1864 to 1872 and, in anticipation of its plans, laid out a road (Sherriff, then called Nicoll, Road) on the line later taken by the railway, for which he received substantial compensation.
Forty-two houses were built between 1877 and 1879 in Lowfield Road, adjoining Nicoll’s development in Palmerston Road in Kilburn. Building began in West End Park itself in 1879, when houses were under construction in all the roads (Sherriff, Hemstal, Kylemore, and Gladys roads) except Hilltop Road, where they were not begun until 1883.
