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The Kensington Roof Gardens are barely visible from Kensington High Street. a Spanish garden, in a Moorish style based upon the Alhambra in Spain, with fountains, vine-covered walkways and Chusan palms; a Tudor style garden, characterised by its archways, secret corners and hanging wisteria.
Commonwealth Institute, Kensington High Street Kensington and Chelsea: Conference centre: 1960-2: 12 October 1988 ... 99–121 Kensington High St W8: Department Store:
Kensington Market opened on Kensington High Street in 1967. It was a three story building of contemporary fashion. It closed in 2000. Kensington High Street's future as a shopping street has been threatened by the large Westfield London, which opened a short distance away in Shepherd's Bush in late 2008.
The store was at 63-97 Kensington High Street) [50] Kensington, Derry & Toms (acquired 1957; closed 1973 with the business incorporated into Barkers. The store was at 99-121 Kensington High Street) [160] Kensington, Pontings / Ponting Brothers (acquired 1957; closed 1970 with the business incorporated into Barkers. The store was at 123-127 ...
Derry & Toms was a London department store that was founded in 1860 in Kensington High Street and was famous for its Roof Garden which opened in 1938. In 1973 the store was closed and became home to Big Biba, which closed in 1975. The site was developed into smaller stores and offices.
The design involved a frontage of seven bays facing onto Kensington High Street; the central section of three bays featured a doorway with stone surround and canopy on the ground floor; there were tall windows with integrated oculi interspersed with Corinthian order columns on the first floor and a large carved pediment and flagpole above. [1]
St Mary Abbots is a church located on Kensington High Street and the corner of Kensington Church Street in London W8. The present church structure was built in 1872 to the designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott , who combined neo-Gothic and early-English styles .
Barkers of Kensington was a department store in Kensington High Street, Kensington, London. It began as a small drapery business, John Barker & Company, founded by John Barker and James Whitehead in 1870. Barkers grew rapidly to become one of London's largest and most well-known department stores.