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 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

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. The former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev and his son Evgeny Lebedev lived in one of the houses in the terrace.[5]

References

  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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