Lancaster Gate
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Coordinates: 51°30′41.6″N 0°10′48.5″W / 51.511556°N 0.180139°W |
Lancaster Gate is a mid-19th century development in the
The terraces are
Lancaster Gate stands alongside Hyde Park Gardens as one of the two grandest of the 19th-century housing schemes lining the northern side of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.
The development was planned in 1856–57 on the site of a nursery and tea gardens, and construction took at least 10 years.
Lancaster Gate is also an electoral ward of Westminster City Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,195.[8]
Gallery
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A map showing the Lancaster Gate wards of the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington as they appeared in 1916.
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The Lancaster Gate of Kensington Gardens
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South face of Spire House (formerly Christ Church, Lancaster Gate)
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Spire House with Meath Memorial (foreground)
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Memorial to Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath (South face), artist Joseph Hermon Cawthra, (Spire House in background)
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Meath memorial, detail of bas-relief portrait and main inscription
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Back (North face) of Meath memorial, showing view of Kensington Gardens to the south
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West face of Meath memorial (viewer facing east).Inscription reads "Duty, Sympathy, Self-Sacrifice"
See also
References
Notes
- ^ "London's Places" (PDF). London Plan. Greater London Authority. 2011. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Paddington: Bayswater". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington. British History Online. 1989. pp. 204–212. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Donald Wintersgill, "Change and decay is undermining the very cornerstones of faith", The Guardian, 15 August 1977, p. 11.
- ^ The Guardian, 7 March 1977, p. 4.
- ^ "Paddington: Churches". A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington. British History Online. 1989. pp. 252–259. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ Walford, Edward (1878). "Notting Hill and Bayswater". Old and New London: Volume 5. British History Online. pp. 177–188. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "City of Westminster Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
Bibliography
- Cherry, Bridget and ISBN 0-14-071048-5
External links
- Media related to Lancaster Gate, London at Wikimedia Commons