Hornton Street is a street in Kensington, London W8. It runs north to south from Sheffield Terrace to Kensington High Street.
Hornton Street is a street in Kensington, London W8. It runs north to south from Sheffield Terrace to Kensington High Street.
Some of the road, at least, was originally called Campden House Road. [1]
A chapel on the corner of Hornton Street and Hornton Place was built in 1794 for Congregationalists on land owned by William Phillimore. [2] By 1858, it became a Baptist chapel. [2] However, it was demolished in 1927. [2]
The street was home to a Nonconformist school until it was torn down in 1868 for the construction of the Metropolitan Railway. [3]
The musician Sir Charles Stanford (1852–1924) lived at No. 56 from 1894 to 1916, and this is commemorated with a blue plaque, erected in 1961. [4]
Many of the houses are listed, including the entire terrace from 12 to 54, built from 1903, and designed by Frank Chesterton; running between Holland Street and Hornton Place, opposite Kensington Town Hall and Kensington Central Library. [5]
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