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Addison Road is a
The name of the road derives from the essayist and statesman
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The road was begun in the 1820s. The church of St Barnabas at No. 23 was built in 1829, designed by
The novelist and playwright
Debenham House, cited above, is often used for filming purposes. Although no longer privately owned, it is thought to be worth between £40-50 million.
The majority of houses located on Addison Road are worth between £10-30 million, and consequently the street is one of the most expensive residential streets in the world, and the second most expensive in
St Barnabas Addison Road, LondonA Church Near You
Addison Road is a road
A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation.
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in London
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, England
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, which connects Kensington High Street
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Kensington High Street is the continuation of Kensington Road and part ...
with Notting Hill and Holland Park Avenue and runs nearby to Holland Park
Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that contains a street and public park of the same name. It has no official boundaries but is roughly bounded by Kensington High Street to the south, Holland Road ...
.
History and residents
The name of the road derives from the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard S ...
(1672–1719), as with Addison Avenue nearby.Addison Avenue, W14',
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The road was begun in the 1820s. The church of St Barnabas at No. 23 was built in 1829, designed by
Lewis Vulliamy
Lewis Vulliamy (15 March 1791 – 4 January 1871) was an English architect descended from the Vulliamy family of clockmakers.
Life
Lewis Vulliamy was the son of the clockmaker Benjamin Vulliamy. He was born in Pall Mall, London on 15 March 179 ...
in a Tudor Gothic style, with later stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones (executed by Morris & Co.) and Byam Shaw
John Byam Liston Shaw (13 November 1872 – 26 January 1919), commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher. He is not to be confused with his sons, Glen Byam Shaw, actor and theatre director, and James B ...
. St James Norlands Church at the far end of Addison Avenue also designed by Vulliamy, was built in 1845.
Debenham House at 8 Addison Road was designed for Sir Ernest Debenham
Sir Ernest Ridley Debenham, 1st Baronet (26 May 1865 – 25 December 1952), was an English businessman. He was responsible for the considerable expansion of the family's retail and wholesale drapery firm between 1892 and 1927.
Biography
Born at ...
in 1905–6 by Halsey Ricardo
Halsey Ralph Ricardo (1854–1928) was an English architect and designer.
He established his practice in 1878, and for 10 years worked in partnership with William De Morgan (1839–1917), for whom he designed tiles, vases, and other artefacts. ...
. The Arts and Crafts
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-style house is an example of "structural polychromy". It includes Byzanto- Italianate grey bricks, Doulton Carrara ware, green-glazed bricks, and turquoise tiles. Inside, there is a dome and Arts and Crafts decoration.
From 1869 to 1916, there was an Addison Road station to the west of Addison Road itself, for a railway line that provided services between Waterloo
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and Richmond
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Addison Road is home to the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
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, a Roman Catholic boys' school (which permits entry to girls in its Sixth Form).
The novelist and playwright John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1906–1921) and its sequels, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of the Chapter''. He won the Nobel Prize i ...
lived at 14 Addison Road from 1905 to 1913. Other notable inhabitants have included: Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( he, חיים עזריאל ויצמן ', russian: Хаим Евзорович Вейцман, ''Khaim Evzorovich Veytsman''; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born biochemist, Zionist leader and Israel ...
, the first President of the State of Israel
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, who lived at No. 67 between 1916 and 1919; David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was a Liberal Party politician from Wales, known for leading the United Kingdom during t ...
, who resided at No. 2 between 1928 and 1936; James Locke, who is credited with giving Tweed its name, and the architect Eustace Balfour
Colonel Eustace James Anthony Balfour (8 June 1854 – 14 February 1911) was a London-based Scottish architect. The brother of one British Prime Minister and nephew of another, his career was built on family connections. His mother was th ...
.
Residential properties
Debenham House, cited above, is often used for filming purposes. Although no longer privately owned, it is thought to be worth between £40-50 million.
The majority of houses located on Addison Road are worth between £10-30 million, and consequently the street is one of the most expensive residential streets in the world, and the second most expensive in London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
(behind Kensington Palace Gardens
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).
Location
To the east isHolland Park
Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that contains a street and public park of the same name. It has no official boundaries but is roughly bounded by Kensington High Street to the south, Holland Road ...
. To the west is Holland Road and West Kensington
West Kensington, formerly North End, is an area in the ancient parish of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of Charing Cross. It covers most of the London postal area of W14, includin ...
. It parts from the A3220 road leading to Warwick Gardens ahead. Warwick Gardens ahead closes through traffic at 10pm to 7am.
Kensington Olympia railway station was originally named Addison Road although it is some distance away from the road itself.
St Barnabas, Kensington, is a Church of England
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church in the road.Church of England
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.
See also
*List of eponymous roads in London
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References
External links
* {{coord, 51.50246, N, 0.20932, W, display=title, region:GB_scale:2000 Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea