Addison Avenue

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Addison Avenue
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Looking northwards along Addison Avenue
Namesake Joseph Addison (1672–1719), essayist and statesman
Type Street
Area Holland Park
Location Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England
Postal codeW11
Nearest metro station Holland Park tube station
Coordinates 51°30′09″N0°12′34″W / 51.50246°N 0.20932°W / 51.50246; -0.20932
North St James's Gardens, St James' Church
East Norland Square
South Holland Park Avenue, Addison Road
West Royal Crescent
Construction
Construction start1840s
St James' Church, Norlands at the northern end of the street Church of St James Norlands - geograph.org.uk - 421513.jpg
St James' Church, Norlands at the northern end of the street

Addison Avenue [1] is a street in the Notting Hill area of London. [2] Located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, it runs northwards from Holland Park Avenue to St James's Gardens and St James' Church, crossing Queensdale Road about halfway along. Norland Square is located to its east while Royal Crescent is a little way to the west. A broad, tree-lined avenue, it is largely residential with some commercial properties at the southern end. The smaller Addison Place mews street runs off the western side of the road, looping northwards until it meets Queensdale Road. Addison Avenue is in the wealthy London area of Holland Park. [3]

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The street, like nearby Addison Road to the south, is named after the early 18th-century writer and politician Joseph Addison [2] who lived at nearby Holland House. [4] [5] The Holland Estate was gradually redeveloped for housing although Addison Avenue was actually built on the adjacent Norland Estate. [6] [7] It was developed during the 1840s [1] [8] by the architect and property developer Robert Cantwell. It was designed with a vista towards St James' Church at the northern end of the street, which was built at the same time. [9]

A number of buildings in the street are now Grade II listed, [10] [11] [12] including all those north of Queensdale Road. [13] The houses in the northern part of the street are attributed to F.W. Stent. [2] The street is part of the Norland Conservation Area, designated in 1969. [13]

Blue plaque commemorating Hugh Carleton Greene, Director-General of the BBC Sir HUGH CARELTON GREENE 1910-1987 Journalist and Director-General of the BBC lived here 1956-1967.jpg
Blue plaque commemorating Hugh Carleton Greene, Director-General of the BBC

Among the notable former residents was Hugh Carleton Greene (1910–1987), Director-General of the BBC during the 1960s, who is now commemorated by a blue plaque. [14]

In 2023 the “Friends of Pauline Boty” unveiled their own blue plaque for Pauline Boty. [15]

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