Horbury Mews was built on the site of a nursery garden – the “Ladbroke Nursery”. Mr W.J. Worthington sought planning permission in 1877 to build the mews, together with the two houses that are now 20 and 22 Ladbroke Road, presumably as a speculation to meet the demands for stabling and coach-houses from the inhabitants of Ladbroke Road and nearby streets.
The mews seems to have been completed by 1878 – the central house at the end of the mews bears this date.
The Mews is T-shaped – possibly because the shape of the plot in which the developer had to work. Originally, all the houses would have had stables or coach houses below and accommodation for grooms and coachmen above.
