Phillimore Gardens
Phillimore Gardens is a street in Kensington/Holland Park, London.
Phillimore Gardens runs roughly north to south from Duchess of Bedford's Walk to Kensington High Street. The houses on the west side all back on to Holland Park.
The road was built on the Phillimore Estate, on land acquired by the Phillimore family in the early eighteenth century, and much of which is still owned by them.[1] Speculative building began within ten years of William Phillimore succeeding to the estate in 1779.[1]
In 2014, one of the ten most expensive house sold in London, at £19,750,000, was in the street.[2]
Notable residents
- No 34 was home to Sir William Dunn, 1st Baronet, of Lakenheath, banker, merchant, MP and philanthropist.
- No 36, the most expensive house in the street at £4,109 12s, was built for Lady George Paulet, widow of Admiral Lord George Paulet, and her son, St. John Claud Paulet.[1]
- No 44 was home to James Manning, the barrister and writer, who died there in 1866. Charlotte Manning, his wife founded the Kensington Society at their home, in 1865.
- Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall, lived in the street, and died there in 1878.
References
- ^ a b c "The Phillimore estate - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Britain's 10 most expensive properties cost a whopping £288 million". metro.co.uk. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2019.