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Cambridge Place

Cambridge Place is a short cul-de-sac on the west side of Victoria Road.

The Victorian houses are all stuccoed, and mainly three-storeys plus basement.

Cambridge Place is only a couple of minutes walk from Kensington Gardens.

After William Hoof had built Albert Place partly on Vallotton Land and partly on his own garden, the builder in him couldn’t resist taking advantage of the potential for development in his own back yard, by constructing Cambridge Place on what remained of his garden. It had to be crammed in so as to use up his garden but not actually encroach too close to his house, called Madeley House. (See also the Vallotton Estate).

It is accessed by a long passage between Nos. 4 and 5 Albert Place and by an alley into Victoria Road at the top. The houses were built between 1850 and 1851 and are similar to those in Albert Place, but a bit larger. At the same time Hoof built houses on the corner with Victoria Road, called Clive Villas.

 

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