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One Kensington Gardens is a residential development of 97 apartments in a nine-storey (two of them underground) block in Kensington, London, completed in 2015, overlooking Kensington Gardens, and bounded by Victoria Road and De Vere Gardens. It was designed by David Chipperfield Architects, and the main contractor was Sir Robert McAlpine. [1] [2]
The residential floors contained a two bedroom flat at each corner, in between which on the east and the west face was a one bedroomed flat. The core contained a stair column and the lift and service shafts. [8] One-bedroom flats were 51.4 m 2 (553 square feet) in area and two-bedroom flats were 75.5 m 2 (813 square feet). [7]
However, from the 1980s onwards, the street gradually improved, reflecting the general revival of Notting Hill in recent years. 1-9 Colville Gardens, formerly a notorious slum building, was rebranded as Pinehurst Court in the 1970s and now comprises around 105 one and two bedroom flats, mostly leased to private tenants on long leases of 100 ...
The 67.30-metre (220 ft 10 in) tall building contained 120 one- and two-bedroom flats (six dwellings per floor on twenty of the twenty-four stories, with the other four being used for non-residential purposes), housing up to 600 people. It was designed by Nigel Whitbread. [26]
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]
Five Thurloe Square or The Thin House is a block of flats in South Kensington, London. [1] [2] The triangular building is 6 feet (1.8 m) wide at its narrowest. It was built between 1885 and 1887 by William Douglas on an area of land leftover after the construction of South Kensington tube station. The building was initially used as artist ...
Coleherne Court in 2007 One of the entrances to Coleherne Court The English Heritage blue plaque commemorating Diana's residence at Coleherne Court. Coleherne Court is a large apartment block on the Old Brompton Road in the Earl's Court district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Property prices rose and flats in the tower came to be regarded as highly desirable residences; requests to sell flats began to be posted on the tower's communal noticeboard. By 1999 a flat in the tower could sell for £150,000 (£328,000 as of 2023). [1] In 2013 a three-bedroom end apartment (with views on three sides) was let for £2,600 pcm ...