Kensington Living
Campden Hill Gardens
Campden Hill Gardens runs from Aubrey Walk going northwards, with a branch to the west.
The buildings are mainly four storeys painted in white stucco up to first floor level, with protruding ground floor and first floor windows of uniform Victorian appearance.
In Tudor times, there was a 20 acre farm called Stonehills south of what is know Holland Park Avenue. Originally it was owned by Sir Walter Cope, who sold it to Robert Horseman in 1599. Eventually it came into the possession of the Lloyd Family. Evan Evans, a New Bond Street grocer, bought part of the Lloyd Estate. He died in 1825 and his great nephew, Robert Evans, inherited it.
It was only in 1870 that Robert Evans decided to join in the general development in the area. He granted leases to John Reeves and George Butt, who were local builders. The next year, they bought the freeholds of most of the plots from him. They built most of the houses.
Nos. 4-18 (even) may have been built by William Childhouse, a Paddington builder, and Jonathan Pearson, an ironmonger from Notting Hill. Nos. 28-36 (even) and Nos. 5-25 (odd) were built by Alfred Little, the son of the well known Kensington builder Jeremiah Little, between 1871 and 1874.
Campden Hill Gardens’ houses are generally brick faced with stucco mouldings and decoration.
