Lauderdale Road is a street in the

Maida Vale Maida Vale ( ) is an affluent residential district consisting of the northern part of Paddington in West London, west of St John's Wood and south of Kilburn. It is also the name of its main road, on the continuous Edgware Road. Maida Vale is p ...

district of

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. Located in the

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, it runs north westwards from

Sutherland Avenue Sutherland Avenue is a street in Maida Vale in London, England. Located in the City of Westminster on the northern edge of Little Venice. it is an Avenue (landscape), avenue running east to west from the Edgware Road to Harrow Road. Along the rou ...

Elgin Avenue Elgin Avenue is a street in Maida Vale in London. Located in the City of Westminster, it runs east to west from the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road close to Maida Vale tube station west to the Maida Hill area where it meets the Harrow Road. Su ...

. Its southern end also meets Warrington Crescent and Randolph Avenue at a roundabout. The street was built in 1875 and was named after a prominent

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resident the

Earl of Lauderdale Earl of Lauderdale is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The current holder of the title is Ian Maitland, 18th Earl of Lauderdale. The title was created in 1624 for John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire. The second Ear ...

, an

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in the

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. Built some time after the streets to the south of it were laid out, it was not until the late

nineteenth century The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolish ...

and the

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that the area was completed. It features large red brick mansion blocks with apartments, in contrast to the area further south which featured the white

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terracing of the early-to-mid

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

. Typical of the style of the street, and surrounding area, is

Lauderdale Mansions South Lauderdale Mansions South is a block of 142 apartments in Lauderdale Road, Maida Vale, London W9. Built in 1897, Lauderdale Mansions South was the first of a swathe of mansion flat buildings for the middle classes that spread across central Mai ...

. In 1896 the

Lauderdale Road Synagogue The Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue is a synagogue in Maida Vale on Lauderdale Road in West London. It is the community hub of the S&P Sephardi Community also known as Qahal Qadosh Shaar Shamayim (Hebrew translation: The Holy Con ...

was built in the street to serve the significant

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population in the area. It was constructed in the

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style and is now

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.Cherry & Pevsner p.679 Among notable former residents are actor

Alec Guinness Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing comedies, including ''Kind Hearts and Coronets'' (194 ...

and musician

Tony Meehan Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005), professionally known as Tony Meehan, was a founder member of the British group the Drifters, with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which would evolve into the Shadows. ...

References

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