Paddington
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Bishop's Bridge Road
Paddington Station, Bishops Bridge Road. 4th June 1838. Great Western Railway original London terminus. Wooden building north of Bishops Bridge Road. 1854 closed and resited
Paddington (Bishops Bridge Road) Metropolitan Railway 10th January 1863. The first section of the Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington (Bishops Bridge Road) and Farringdon on 1st October 1863. From 10th January it was worked by the Great Western Railway using broad gauge trains until 10th August. After that standard gauge trains were hired from the Great Northern Railway. From 1st October trains began to run to Windsor. In 1868 Metropolitan Railway opened a junction at Edgeware Road and Paddington (Praed Street) to take trains down to Kensington and opened a junction with the District at South Kensington in 1868. In 1872 the Middle Circle was operated by the Great Western Railway from July. The two underground stations at Paddington connected by the main line railway station. In 1933 name changed to ‘Paddington’.
Holy Trinity. 1845. on site of large hole at corner of Westbourne Terrace
Bridge. 1838, cast iron and not of a standard design. It is by I K Brunel and carried Bishop's Bridge Road over the Paddington Arm of the Grand Junction Canal. not 'enclosed in modem brickwork' but partially obscured by later brick parapets for the pedestrian footpaths. The original bridge was wide for its period, as required by the Bishop of London, and was never widened.
Paddington Station, Bishops Bridge Road. 4th June 1838. Great Western Railway original London terminus. Wooden building north of Bishops Bridge Road. 1854 closed and resited
Paddington (Bishops Bridge Road) Metropolitan Railway 10th January 1863. The first section of the Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington (Bishops Bridge Road) and Farringdon on 1st October 1863. From 10th January it was worked by the Great Western Railway using broad gauge trains until 10th August. After that standard gauge trains were hired from the Great Northern Railway. From 1st October trains began to run to Windsor. In 1868 Metropolitan Railway opened a junction at Edgeware Road and Paddington (Praed Street) to take trains down to Kensington and opened a junction with the District at South Kensington in 1868. In 1872 the Middle Circle was operated by the Great Western Railway from July. The two underground stations at Paddington connected by the main line railway station. In 1933 name changed to ‘Paddington’.
Holy Trinity. 1845. on site of large hole at corner of Westbourne Terrace
Bridge. 1838, cast iron and not of a standard design. It is by I K Brunel and carried Bishop's Bridge Road over the Paddington Arm of the Grand Junction Canal. not 'enclosed in modem brickwork' but partially obscured by later brick parapets for the pedestrian footpaths. The original bridge was wide for its period, as required by the Bishop of London, and was never widened.
Bloomfield Road
Canal. Stucco houses but only fragments of the 19th remain as many swept away from c.
1960 in an L.C.C. clearance programme.The towpaths alongside inhabited boats
are mostly private..
Jason's Trip
Canal Bridge 1900
Cascade Art Gallery for Alex Prowse exhibition of canal paintings. Floating art gallery.
Lady Venice, home of Dennis Moore who regularly won the London in Bloom competition. Brightly painted blue and yellow boat
Canal Bridge 1900
Cascade Art Gallery for Alex Prowse exhibition of canal paintings. Floating art gallery.
Lady Venice, home of Dennis Moore who regularly won the London in Bloom competition. Brightly painted blue and yellow boat
Bouverie Place
Little Western
Little Western
Brook Mews
31 White Hart
31 White Hart
Canal
Built because of New Road. Westward route to Birmingham
Paddington Waterside. Development area around the canal basin and the station goods yard.
Houseboats residents have exclusive use of this part of the towpath.
Little Venice. Basin built in 1820 to link the Grand Junction with the recently completed Regent's Canal. Not really like Venice. Pool to link the two canals and originally called Paddington Broadwater. Also called Browning’s Pool on the canal. Called after Browning because he lived locally. Island in the centre as a sort of traffic island.
Canal office was the toll house where dues were collected for boats going on the Grand Junction where weight of boats checked.
Landing stage in for Zoo bus boat trips
Lady Rose of Regent - hospitality boat of BWB
Junction House was Regents Canal toll office, charge based on weight carried, gauged the boat to determine depth in the water
Paddington Arm. Grand Junction Canal. Stop gates at start of canal under Warwick Avenue Bridge so that Regents Canal couldn't take Grand Junction Canal water. 1811 long level 15 miles in locks therefore next to London. Opened 1801
Turnover bridge which allows horses to pass to and from the Regent's Canal without unhitching.
Warwick Avenue Bridge 1907. Here the Regent's Canal starts. This had its own toll adjacent to the bridge as it was a separate company until it combined with the Grand Junction and others to form the Grand Union Canal Company.
Wooden gates Recessed into the sides of the canal to seal a section of canal for drainage
Built because of New Road. Westward route to Birmingham
Paddington Waterside. Development area around the canal basin and the station goods yard.
Houseboats residents have exclusive use of this part of the towpath.
Little Venice. Basin built in 1820 to link the Grand Junction with the recently completed Regent's Canal. Not really like Venice. Pool to link the two canals and originally called Paddington Broadwater. Also called Browning’s Pool on the canal. Called after Browning because he lived locally. Island in the centre as a sort of traffic island.
Canal office was the toll house where dues were collected for boats going on the Grand Junction where weight of boats checked.
Landing stage in for Zoo bus boat trips
Lady Rose of Regent - hospitality boat of BWB
Junction House was Regents Canal toll office, charge based on weight carried, gauged the boat to determine depth in the water
Paddington Arm. Grand Junction Canal. Stop gates at start of canal under Warwick Avenue Bridge so that Regents Canal couldn't take Grand Junction Canal water. 1811 long level 15 miles in locks therefore next to London. Opened 1801
Turnover bridge which allows horses to pass to and from the Regent's Canal without unhitching.
Warwick Avenue Bridge 1907. Here the Regent's Canal starts. This had its own toll adjacent to the bridge as it was a separate company until it combined with the Grand Junction and others to form the Grand Union Canal Company.
Wooden gates Recessed into the sides of the canal to seal a section of canal for drainage
Chilworth Street
Church Street
This was the site of the Portman Market. Built for £35,000. Nine acres of shops etc., domed hall, everything under cover, stables. Site of old Marylebone Theatre Royal West London Theatre. Then there was a pub after the theatre was burnt down in 1962. 1808 planned grand circus never built. Pairs of semis, first time semis had been built
Church Street Market
This was the site of the Portman Market. Built for £35,000. Nine acres of shops etc., domed hall, everything under cover, stables. Site of old Marylebone Theatre Royal West London Theatre. Then there was a pub after the theatre was burnt down in 1962. 1808 planned grand circus never built. Pairs of semis, first time semis had been built
Church Street Market
Cleveland Gardens
Clifton Gardens
Clifton Villas
Clifton Villas
Conduit Mews
Commemoratea a local spring which was used to supply the City of London with water from 1471 until 1812
Commemoratea a local spring which was used to supply the City of London with water from 1471 until 1812
Conduit Place
Commemorates a local spring, which was used to supply the City of London with water from 1471 until 1812. This was the main spring in the area, and its name, Bayard's Watering
Commemorates a local spring, which was used to supply the City of London with water from 1471 until 1812. This was the main spring in the area, and its name, Bayard's Watering
Craven Road
Eastbourne Terrace
Built on the line of Spring Street which ran alongside Paddington Station. rebuilt 1958-62 by C. H. Elsom & Partners as office blocks and a tower.
Built on the line of Spring Street which ran alongside Paddington Station. rebuilt 1958-62 by C. H. Elsom & Partners as office blocks and a tower.
Eastbourne Mews
Edgeware Road
The White Lion Pub stood from 1524 at the corner of Bell Street. Rebuilt twice it became the Metropolitan Music Hall and was demolished in 1962. Police Station on the site.
Paddington Green Police station site of Metropolitan Music Hall. Well known for dealing with terrorists.
The White Lion Pub stood from 1524 at the corner of Bell Street. Rebuilt twice it became the Metropolitan Music Hall and was demolished in 1962. Police Station on the site.
Paddington Green Police station site of Metropolitan Music Hall. Well known for dealing with terrorists.
Formosa Street
Prince Alfred, a posh pub front. Etched glass and tiles
Prince Alfred, a posh pub front. Etched glass and tiles
Fulham Place?
Council flats by Paddington Borough Council backing onto Howell Place.
Council flats by Paddington Borough Council backing onto Howell Place.
Gloucester Square
Partly rebuilt. The awkward triangular junctions are skilfully handled by rounded bows. The south side 1844 by Taylor,
35 Robert Stephenson, railway builder, lived
Partly rebuilt. The awkward triangular junctions are skilfully handled by rounded bows. The south side 1844 by Taylor,
35 Robert Stephenson, railway builder, lived
Gloucester Terrace
Built mainly by King & Kingdom as terraces.The gardens are on the line of the Westbourne.
Hallfield EstateHallfield Estate is Paddington's controversial post-war showpiece. A scheme for 9,000 including nurseries, restaurant etc. Begun by Lubetkin in 1947 and executed, by Drake & Lasdun.
Built mainly by King & Kingdom as terraces.The gardens are on the line of the Westbourne.
Hallfield EstateHallfield Estate is Paddington's controversial post-war showpiece. A scheme for 9,000 including nurseries, restaurant etc. Begun by Lubetkin in 1947 and executed, by Drake & Lasdun.
Hallfield School. By Denys Lasdun of Drake & Lasdun,
completed 1955. Designed after the first plans for the estate, and made the hub
of the new development, with the assembly hall projecting into the shopping
area.
Harrow Road
Regal Cinema
Paddington maintenance depot. Listed Grade II* 1960s. Boiler house and workshop
Westway in little triangle knots of shapes, next to canal
Paddington Vestry Hall. By James Lockyer,. two-story building with projecting wings connected by a colonnade forming a porch. Enlarged in the town hall, and again in 1920 in its original style. Demolished for the construction of a major road in 1960s
Hermitage Street
Howley Place
10 Lokamanya Tilak 1856-1920 'Indian patriot and philosopher lived here 1918-1919'
10 Lokamanya Tilak 1856-1920 'Indian patriot and philosopher lived here 1918-1919'
Inverness Terrace
The earliest of Methodism's eight International Houses, offering accommodation to students from all over the world
The earliest of Methodism's eight International Houses, offering accommodation to students from all over the world
London Street
Little Venice
First named by Marjorie Allingham in her 1934 book ‘Death of a Ghost’. Most of the area belonged to the church commissioners who sold off freeholds in the 1980s.
First named by Marjorie Allingham in her 1934 book ‘Death of a Ghost’. Most of the area belonged to the church commissioners who sold off freeholds in the 1980s.
Maida Avenue
Name from the Battle of Maida, Calabria, in which Sir John Stuart defeated the French in 1806. Originally this was Maida Hill West. Building started here in the 1830s.
30 John Masefield
Lily Langtrey, corner of Park Place villas
Catholic Apostolic Church by J. L. Iiraon, 1894.
Name from the Battle of Maida, Calabria, in which Sir John Stuart defeated the French in 1806. Originally this was Maida Hill West. Building started here in the 1830s.
30 John Masefield
Lily Langtrey, corner of Park Place villas
Catholic Apostolic Church by J. L. Iiraon, 1894.
Norfolk Square
A cramped pendant to Gloucester Square, now minor hotels, and with a block of flats replacing a church at the end.
4 part of the Tudor Court Hotel.
Norfolk Square/Talbot Square
Site of first works Grand Junction Water Works. 1811. with water from the canal. Canal could not cope therefore water taken from the Thames at Chelsea. Demolished 1844
Pool on the canal with island
A cramped pendant to Gloucester Square, now minor hotels, and with a block of flats replacing a church at the end.
4 part of the Tudor Court Hotel.
Norfolk Square/Talbot Square
Site of first works Grand Junction Water Works. 1811. with water from the canal. Canal could not cope therefore water taken from the Thames at Chelsea. Demolished 1844
Pool on the canal with island
North Wharf Road
Vestry wharf, council’s 1880s, refuses sifted at the council's site and barged out, also same process at wharves occupied by Hobbs and son. Head and Co. Marylebone refuse
Sarah Siddons School
Vestry wharf, council’s 1880s, refuses sifted at the council's site and barged out, also same process at wharves occupied by Hobbs and son. Head and Co. Marylebone refuse
Sarah Siddons School
Orsett Terrace
Office by GWR for Hotel and parcels station
1 Alexander Herzen, 1812-1870 'Russian political thinker lived here 1860-1863'
44 Susan Lawrence
60 Charles Manby
Metropolitan Railway offices
Office by GWR for Hotel and parcels station
1 Alexander Herzen, 1812-1870 'Russian political thinker lived here 1860-1863'
44 Susan Lawrence
60 Charles Manby
Metropolitan Railway offices
Paddington
Name means, 'farm or estate associated with Padda' . ‘Padington’ c.1045, ‘Padintone’ c.1110. An area of farms and gravel workings with some posh houses. It then became a focus for inner London transport. This was once a parish and then a Metropolitan Borough.
Name means, 'farm or estate associated with Padda' . ‘Padington’ c.1045, ‘Padintone’ c.1110. An area of farms and gravel workings with some posh houses. It then became a focus for inner London transport. This was once a parish and then a Metropolitan Borough.
Paddington Green
Managed by Vestry of Paddington and this was once the centre of the medieveal village. London’s first bus service, Shilibeer’s, ran from here to Bank in 1829. Now overwhelmed by the noise of Westway. It provides a triangle of grass and plane trees on the borders of the Westway
St.Mary's church. Originally a 17th church and rebuilt 1788/91 by John Flaw replaces the church in which the painter Hogarth was married secretly in 1729.
Old Town Hall. Parochial vestry hall 1853. Manor House north of the churchyard until 1824. Town Hall demolished 1966. West of the church.
Paddington Green Children's hospital. built 1883 following the closure of a dispensary in Bell Street rebuilt 1938. It has since become part of St.Mary's Hospital.
Hartfield house in London on site of Welsh church
Sarah Siddons’ statue. She is buried in the cemetery. d. 1831, statue inspired by Reynolds' 'Tragic Muse'. White marble by Leon Joseph Chavalliaud. Unveiled by Henry Irving 1897. Buried nearby.
Paddington Station. Principal terminus of the Western Region, mostly designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with Matthew Digby Wyatt. First opened in 1838 but reconstructed in 1850-4. Some work by Paxton. It covers 13 acres and in the 1950s handled 48,000 passengers, 27,000 parcels and 10,000 mail bags every day. The Great Western Railway was the first to describe itself as 'Great' and Paddington's three 'naves' and two 'transepts', replace the original temporary terminus opened in 1858. The 'transepts', was where carriages were moved on traversers from one track to another. Overlooking each 'transept' on Platform One are the oriel windows, so the Stationmaster has a clear view of station activity. Queen Victoria travelled from Slough to here on her first railway journey - 17 miles in 23 minutes. Site of Hydraulic Pumping Station. Span Four is an Edwardian extension 1911-16 by W. Young Armstrong.
The Great Western Royal Hotel. The Hotel, which has since become a Hilton, was built to mask the south front of the station. It was designed by Philip Charles Hardwick, son of the architect of Euston station with help from Brunel and opened 1852. Bombed. Called ‘Royal’ because Edward VII lunched there. When it was opened it was the most luxurious hotel in England and it is now the earliest surviving railway hotel in London.
Mad Bishop and Bear. Access to this pub is by an escalator from the station concourse. Breakfasts are served from 7.30 am weekdays and from 8.30 am on Sundays.
Paddington Bear. Displayed in a glass case the children's character Paddington Bear.
Stone sleepers
Buffers
War Memorial
Plaque of Brunel
Statue of Brunel
Thames Aqueducts. Ring main passes under here. Started from in 1960 but it had been suggested in 1935 – a tunnel to take water from the Thames above Teddington to North London. It is built in 102 in diameter tunnel in interlocking concrete rings for 19 miles, starts at Hampton Water Works and finishes at the Lockwood reservoir. Built by Sir William Halcrow & Partners.
Managed by Vestry of Paddington and this was once the centre of the medieveal village. London’s first bus service, Shilibeer’s, ran from here to Bank in 1829. Now overwhelmed by the noise of Westway. It provides a triangle of grass and plane trees on the borders of the Westway
St.Mary's church. Originally a 17th church and rebuilt 1788/91 by John Flaw replaces the church in which the painter Hogarth was married secretly in 1729.
Old Town Hall. Parochial vestry hall 1853. Manor House north of the churchyard until 1824. Town Hall demolished 1966. West of the church.
Paddington Green Children's hospital. built 1883 following the closure of a dispensary in Bell Street rebuilt 1938. It has since become part of St.Mary's Hospital.
Hartfield house in London on site of Welsh church
Sarah Siddons’ statue. She is buried in the cemetery. d. 1831, statue inspired by Reynolds' 'Tragic Muse'. White marble by Leon Joseph Chavalliaud. Unveiled by Henry Irving 1897. Buried nearby.
Paddington Station. Principal terminus of the Western Region, mostly designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with Matthew Digby Wyatt. First opened in 1838 but reconstructed in 1850-4. Some work by Paxton. It covers 13 acres and in the 1950s handled 48,000 passengers, 27,000 parcels and 10,000 mail bags every day. The Great Western Railway was the first to describe itself as 'Great' and Paddington's three 'naves' and two 'transepts', replace the original temporary terminus opened in 1858. The 'transepts', was where carriages were moved on traversers from one track to another. Overlooking each 'transept' on Platform One are the oriel windows, so the Stationmaster has a clear view of station activity. Queen Victoria travelled from Slough to here on her first railway journey - 17 miles in 23 minutes. Site of Hydraulic Pumping Station. Span Four is an Edwardian extension 1911-16 by W. Young Armstrong.
The Great Western Royal Hotel. The Hotel, which has since become a Hilton, was built to mask the south front of the station. It was designed by Philip Charles Hardwick, son of the architect of Euston station with help from Brunel and opened 1852. Bombed. Called ‘Royal’ because Edward VII lunched there. When it was opened it was the most luxurious hotel in England and it is now the earliest surviving railway hotel in London.
Mad Bishop and Bear. Access to this pub is by an escalator from the station concourse. Breakfasts are served from 7.30 am weekdays and from 8.30 am on Sundays.
Paddington Bear. Displayed in a glass case the children's character Paddington Bear.
Stone sleepers
Buffers
War Memorial
Plaque of Brunel
Statue of Brunel
Thames Aqueducts. Ring main passes under here. Started from in 1960 but it had been suggested in 1935 – a tunnel to take water from the Thames above Teddington to North London. It is built in 102 in diameter tunnel in interlocking concrete rings for 19 miles, starts at Hampton Water Works and finishes at the Lockwood reservoir. Built by Sir William Halcrow & Partners.
Park Place Villas
Porchester Street?
Praed Street,
Backbone of the Grand Junction Canal Co.'s operations, named after their Chairman, William Praed. It was made up of terraces but the canal encouraged early development so much of the area was built up by 1828.
St. Mary's Hospital, 1843. With Prince Consort foundation stone. Rebuilt 1903, Medical School and Pathology Institute by Cooper. Noted medical school founded in 1854, and rebuilt in 1933. Alexander Fleming Laboratory - Penicillin was discovered in this laboratory, which has been restored to its original 1928 condition.
Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
114 Site of first Baptist Chapel in Paddington
Post Office district office railway from here to Eastern office line used to go under the platforms 11 & 12 where there were 8 chutes and another from the lawn in the middle of the station changed in 1930s,
Paddington Praed Street Underground Station. 1st October 1868. Between Warwick Avenue and Edgeware Road on the Bakerloo Line. Between Bayswater and Edgeware Road on the District and Circle Lines. There are two underground stations at Paddington connected by the main line railway station. In 1863 the junction to Farringdon opened by the Metropolitan Railway and went to Paddington Bishops Bridge Road. In 1913 the Bakerloo opened from Edgeware Road one of the oldest designs. It had been the Paddington Baker Street and Waterloo Railway of 1899, which went bankrupt and taken over by Yerkes in 1902 who finished the work. An extension from Edgeware Road was opened in 1909. Concrete and iron platform. Lighting way through the line. Lift gate with compressed air. Leslie Green designed station steel frame and glazed with ruby red bricks.
Railway telegraph used at Paddington from 1838 to West Drayton and Maidenhead later
Backbone of the Grand Junction Canal Co.'s operations, named after their Chairman, William Praed. It was made up of terraces but the canal encouraged early development so much of the area was built up by 1828.
St. Mary's Hospital, 1843. With Prince Consort foundation stone. Rebuilt 1903, Medical School and Pathology Institute by Cooper. Noted medical school founded in 1854, and rebuilt in 1933. Alexander Fleming Laboratory - Penicillin was discovered in this laboratory, which has been restored to its original 1928 condition.
Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum
114 Site of first Baptist Chapel in Paddington
Post Office district office railway from here to Eastern office line used to go under the platforms 11 & 12 where there were 8 chutes and another from the lawn in the middle of the station changed in 1930s,
Paddington Praed Street Underground Station. 1st October 1868. Between Warwick Avenue and Edgeware Road on the Bakerloo Line. Between Bayswater and Edgeware Road on the District and Circle Lines. There are two underground stations at Paddington connected by the main line railway station. In 1863 the junction to Farringdon opened by the Metropolitan Railway and went to Paddington Bishops Bridge Road. In 1913 the Bakerloo opened from Edgeware Road one of the oldest designs. It had been the Paddington Baker Street and Waterloo Railway of 1899, which went bankrupt and taken over by Yerkes in 1902 who finished the work. An extension from Edgeware Road was opened in 1909. Concrete and iron platform. Lighting way through the line. Lift gate with compressed air. Leslie Green designed station steel frame and glazed with ruby red bricks.
Railway telegraph used at Paddington from 1838 to West Drayton and Maidenhead later
Prince's Square?
Rembrandt Gardens
Built on the site of artists’ studios on the east side of the Canal Junction pool. Opened in 1975 to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the founding of the City of Amsterdam –‘Venice of the North’. Also a bomb site
Public toilets.
Built on the site of artists’ studios on the east side of the Canal Junction pool. Opened in 1975 to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the founding of the City of Amsterdam –‘Venice of the North’. Also a bomb site
Public toilets.
Sheringham Street?
South Wharf Road
12 James Girdler & Co Ltd. In 1918 this firm was at 12 South Wharf Paddington W2, as manufacturers of lead, sheet lead, shot & lead pipe.
12 James Girdler & Co Ltd. In 1918 this firm was at 12 South Wharf Paddington W2, as manufacturers of lead, sheet lead, shot & lead pipe.
Spring Street
Named for a spring at Craven Hill. a conduit house was removed in 1820.
Reservoirs were at the side of Holy Trinity.
Terrace of 1840-5 by King, with arched first-floor windows in square headed recesses
Named for a spring at Craven Hill. a conduit house was removed in 1820.
Reservoirs were at the side of Holy Trinity.
Terrace of 1840-5 by King, with arched first-floor windows in square headed recesses
Star Street
The existence of the canal encouraged early development to much of the area which was built up by 1828.
School
The existence of the canal encouraged early development to much of the area which was built up by 1828.
School
St. Mary's Terrace
St. Michael Street
The existence of the canal encouraged early development of much of the area which was built up by 1828. Better preserved. Retain attractively simple modest terraces
St Michael demolished church 1860-1 Rhode Hawkins
The existence of the canal encouraged early development of much of the area which was built up by 1828. Better preserved. Retain attractively simple modest terraces
St Michael demolished church 1860-1 Rhode Hawkins
Sussex Gardens
Originally called ‘Grand Junction Road’ it is a ‘boulevard’ built in 1828 by S. P. Cockerell. A major route it starts with bow-fronted houses, but continues to stucco terraces. Hidden behind are shops and pubs. Radical 1960s reconstruction followed a master plan drawn up by Anthony Minoprio in 1957.
St Mary Magdalene Street High Church
Students hostel
Sussex Lodge
Sussex Lodge demolished for Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1937 flats
34 Robert Stephenson died, London County Council plaque
Originally called ‘Grand Junction Road’ it is a ‘boulevard’ built in 1828 by S. P. Cockerell. A major route it starts with bow-fronted houses, but continues to stucco terraces. Hidden behind are shops and pubs. Radical 1960s reconstruction followed a master plan drawn up by Anthony Minoprio in 1957.
St Mary Magdalene Street High Church
Students hostel
Sussex Lodge
Sussex Lodge demolished for Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1937 flats
34 Robert Stephenson died, London County Council plaque
Sussex Place
Talbot Square
Tyburnia
The development of the triangle between Edgware Road and Bayswater Road into a residential district which used to be called Tyburnia began after the Grand Junction Canal Company had been given permission to develop part of the Bishop of London's estate for the Paddington Canal Basin in 1795. The first plans for the area to the were drawn up by S. P. Cockerell, surveyor to the Bishop of London's estate possibly as early as c. 1805, although little was built until the 1820s. By the later 1850s almost the whole area was built up. It remained intact until the early 20th, when the frontages facing the park began to attract flat-builders. Between the wars the estate adopted a policy encouraging the erection of two- and three-storey high-priced terrace houses, mostly in grey brick with mildly neo-Adam detail, piecemeal replacements to many of the original terraces in the Centre of the estate, as leases fell in. From 1957 a much more radical planning of the edges of the area began, with high-rise luxury flats between Edgware Road and Sussex Gardens, and offices along Eastbourne Terrace opposite Paddington station. More was to have been swept away, but a change of estate policy in 1972 proposed by the planner Leslie Lane instead encouraged conservation of what survived. Although the c19 pattern is far from complete, it can still be appreciated, and what remains is now mostly in good order.
The development of the triangle between Edgware Road and Bayswater Road into a residential district which used to be called Tyburnia began after the Grand Junction Canal Company had been given permission to develop part of the Bishop of London's estate for the Paddington Canal Basin in 1795. The first plans for the area to the were drawn up by S. P. Cockerell, surveyor to the Bishop of London's estate possibly as early as c. 1805, although little was built until the 1820s. By the later 1850s almost the whole area was built up. It remained intact until the early 20th, when the frontages facing the park began to attract flat-builders. Between the wars the estate adopted a policy encouraging the erection of two- and three-storey high-priced terrace houses, mostly in grey brick with mildly neo-Adam detail, piecemeal replacements to many of the original terraces in the Centre of the estate, as leases fell in. From 1957 a much more radical planning of the edges of the area began, with high-rise luxury flats between Edgware Road and Sussex Gardens, and offices along Eastbourne Terrace opposite Paddington station. More was to have been swept away, but a change of estate policy in 1972 proposed by the planner Leslie Lane instead encouraged conservation of what survived. Although the c19 pattern is far from complete, it can still be appreciated, and what remains is now mostly in good order.
Warrington Crescent
Warwick Avenue
Columbia Hotel, Rembrandt Gardens. These l'/2-acre sunken gardens are a model of old-fashioned municipal planting, For the less able-bodied, a viewing terrace above has benches from which to enjoy the bright patchwork laid out below, with large wooden troughs and sculptural towers filled with seasonal planting.
Columbia Hotel, Rembrandt Gardens. These l'/2-acre sunken gardens are a model of old-fashioned municipal planting, For the less able-bodied, a viewing terrace above has benches from which to enjoy the bright patchwork laid out below, with large wooden troughs and sculptural towers filled with seasonal planting.
Warwick Crescent
19 Robert Browning lived `because the canal reminded him of Venice
Beauchamp Lodge, 1853, 1900 overlooking the pool. A tall mid c 19 stuccoed house now a community centre.
Hostel for young women, RA, Music, cafe, etc.
Concrete mural relief by M. D. Thackwray recalls Robert Browning, who lived in the area for twenty-five years
19 Robert Browning lived `because the canal reminded him of Venice
Beauchamp Lodge, 1853, 1900 overlooking the pool. A tall mid c 19 stuccoed house now a community centre.
Hostel for young women, RA, Music, cafe, etc.
Concrete mural relief by M. D. Thackwray recalls Robert Browning, who lived in the area for twenty-five years
Warwick Place
6 Warwick Castle
9 J.A.Spencer, manufacturing chemist, 1853
6 Warwick Castle
9 J.A.Spencer, manufacturing chemist, 1853
Westbourne Road Bridge
Name taken from the Westbourne. Built 1840 by William King and William Kingdom. A broad tree-lined avenue stretching to the horizon with terraces set behind private access roads. It was developed from 1839 and completed only in the late 1850s. Two long matching stretches face each other, the work of William Kingdom, who employed T. Marsh Nelson as his architect. -
Name taken from the Westbourne. Built 1840 by William King and William Kingdom. A broad tree-lined avenue stretching to the horizon with terraces set behind private access roads. It was developed from 1839 and completed only in the late 1850s. Two long matching stretches face each other, the work of William Kingdom, who employed T. Marsh Nelson as his architect. -
Westbourne Terrace Road
Waterside Cafe, a converted barge,
Waterside Cafe, a converted barge,
Westway
Winsland Street
Mint stables 1967 three storey eighteenth century stables with ramps for the horses to get up - owned by the railway. Now offices for St.Mary's Hospital
Winsland Street
Mint stables 1967 three storey eighteenth century stables with ramps for the horses to get up - owned by the railway. Now offices for St.Mary's Hospital
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