Addison Road, London

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Addison Road
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Namesake Joseph Addison (1672–1719), essayist and statesman
Type Street
Location Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England
Postal codeW14
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 end Holland Park Avenue
Major
junctions
Holland Park Gardens, Melbury Road, Holland Park Road
South end Kensington High Street
North Addison Avenue
East Woodsford Square
South Warwick Gardens
West Addison Crescent
Construction
Construction start1820s
Other
Known forLiterary connections; expensive properties

Addison Road [1] is a road in London, England, which connects Kensington High Street with Notting Hill and Holland Park Avenue, and runs nearby to Holland Park. [2]

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History and residents

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), essayist and statesman, after whom Addison Road is named. Joseph Addison.png
Joseph Addison (1672–1719), essayist and statesman, after whom Addison Road is named.

The name of the road derives from the essayist and statesman Joseph Addison (1672–1719), [1] as with Addison Avenue nearby. [3]

The road was begun in the 1820s. The church of St Barnabas at No. 23 was built in 1829, designed by Lewis Vulliamy [1] in a Tudor Gothic style, [4] with later stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones (executed by Morris & Co.) and Byam Shaw. St James Norlands Church at the far end of Addison Avenue also designed by Vulliamy, was built in 1845.

Debenham House at 8 Addison Road was designed for Sir Ernest Debenham in 1905–6 by Halsey Ricardo. [5] The Arts and Crafts-style house is an example of "structural polychromy". It includes Byzanto-Italianate grey bricks, Doulton Carrara ware, green-glazed bricks, and turquoise tiles. Inside, there is a dome and Arts and Crafts decoration.

From 1869 to 1916, there was an Addison Road station to the west of Addison Road itself, for a railway line that provided services between Waterloo and Richmond. [6]

Addison Road is home to the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, a Roman Catholic boys' school (which permits entry to girls in its Sixth Form).

John Galsworthy, novelist and playwright, lived at 14 Addison Road John galsworthy.jpg
John Galsworthy, novelist and playwright, lived at 14 Addison Road

The novelist and playwright John Galsworthy lived at 14 Addison Road from 1905 to 1913, as did Joseph Conrad and Radclyffe Hall at other times. [3] Other notable inhabitants have included: [1] Chaim Weizmann, the first President of the State of Israel, who lived at No. 67 between 1916 and 1919; David Lloyd George, who resided at No. 2 between 1928 and 1936; [7] James Locke, who is credited with giving Tweed its name, and the architect Eustace Balfour. [8]

Residential properties

67 Addison Road, home to Chaim Weizmann 67 Addison Road, London 03.jpg
67 Addison Road, home to Chaim Weizmann

Debenham House, cited above, is often used for filming purposes. Although no longer privately owned, it is thought to be worth between £40–50 million.

The majority of houses located on Addison Road are worth between £10–30 million, and consequently the street is one of the most expensive residential streets in the world, and the second most expensive in London (behind Kensington Palace Gardens). In 2015, a property was sold for £30 million, the most expensive in the UK that year. [9]

Location

To the east is Holland Park. To the west is Holland Road and West Kensington. A portion of the road forms part of the A3220 leading to Warwick Gardens south of the junction with Kensington High Street.

Kensington Olympia railway station was originally named Addison Road although it is some distance away from the road itself. [10]

St Barnabas, Kensington, is a Church of England church in the road. [11] [12]

See also

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