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Earls Terrace

Coordinates: 51°29′52″N 0°12′05″W / 51.4979°N 0.2013°W / 51.4979; -0.2013
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Earls Terrace, 2015

Earls Terrace is a street in Kensington, London, W8. It has houses on one side only, a terrace of 25 Georgian houses, built in 1800–1810, all of which are Grade II listed.[1] Numbers 1 and 25, at the ends of the terrace, are converted into flats.[2]

The street overlooks Kensington High Street, with a grass and garden in front, and backs onto Edwardes Square.

The entire terrace of 23 houses[clarification needed] was redeveloped by Northacre, adding underground parking and "leisure facilities" that include swimming pools.[3]

The communal garden is 0.5057 hectares (1.250 acres) in size, and is not open to the public.[4]

Notable residents

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Blue plaque, 14 Earls Terrace
Blue plaque, 12 Earls Terrace

The pop singer Madonna once rented there, and children's author J. K. Rowling had a home there in 2001.[citation needed] The former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev and his son Evgeny Lebedev lived in one of the houses in the terrace.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Earls Terrace (1267156)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Postcode Finder". Royal Mail. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Northacre past projects". Northacre Properties. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Earls Terrace". London Gardens Online. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  5. ^ Cobain, Ian (12 October 2009). "The spy who loves media". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ London Electoral Register 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
  7. ^ "Ian McKellen's Personal Biography through 1998". mckellen.com. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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