A turnpike gate was constructed at the foot of the hill on the main road from London to Uxbridge, now Oxford Street, Bayswater Road and Holland Park Avenue along this part of its route.  
Turnpike roads were toll roads, maintained and operated by trusts established by Parliament, primarily during the 18th and 19th centuries, to facilitate long-distance travel and commerce The turnpike system played a significant role in improving transportation, promoting urbanisation, and contributing to economic growth,

The rise of railways in the 19th century led to the decline of the turnpike system, as railways offered a faster and more efficient means of transportation. The network of roads established by turnpike trusts still forms the framework of Britain's roadways today. 

The cinema first opened its doors on 15 April 1911 as the Electric Palace, with capacity for 480 patrons (280 seated and a further 200 standing!).  The floor plan of the cinema was not dissimilar to that of today, except the foyer stretched down the side of the building. It later became The Embassy, and in 1931 was one of the first British cinemas to convert fully to sound. During the Second World War, the ornate exterior was severely damaged and subsequently replaced with a plain façade and a flat roof. 

Since the 1950s the venue has steadily built a reputation as the place to see avant-garde and experimental cinema alongside repertory art-house programmes. With new ownership in 1974 came the change of name to The Gate. In 2003 the cinema joined the Picturehouse family and in 2004 it received a full refurbishment. The lobby retains its Cinema 100 plaque

In 2020, the theatre was redecorated and a statue by the British sculptor Gavin Turk (born 1967) has been placed upon the dome above the building’s main entrance. The new artwork replaces one that was removed many decades ago.” The artwork depicts the artist Gavin Turk posing as the famous artist Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) just as he appears his sculptural in the Annenberg Courtyard of Burlington House in the grounds of the Royal Academy. When seen from the east, the new sculpture looks like a painter holding a palette and his brush. However, when seen from the west, the viewer might be led to believe that the statue is of a man holding a gun.

Right turn, into Victoria Gardens

Close to The Cosmic House and literally round the corner from Holland Park tube on Lansdowne Road, Lansdowne House is an incredible Arts and Crafts assemblage by the architect William Flockhart dating from the start of the twentieth century. Flockhart was also the architect of a similarly impressive shopfront at 180 New Bond Street.

Constructed as purpose-built studios and residences for artists, the eight storey building was occupied by numerous creative types as recorded by the blue plaque on the side elevation. It is imaginatively sculpted: with projecting corner bays, stepping gable ends, generous irregular balconies, arches and windows of a wide variety of sizes, particularly large on the north elevation – which is perhaps where the studios were located. The building is now subdivided into flats and is Grade 2 listed.

Or, along Holland Park Avenue

Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-founded the Campaign for Comprehensive Education. Her writings include a biography of the Labour pioneer Keir Hardie. Died at Charing Cross Hospital. 

Phyllis Dorothy James was born in Oxford. Best known for her crime novels, many of them featuring the detective Adam Dalgliesh. Created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991. She died in 2014.

On the South side CAMPDEN HILL (KENSINGTON)

The home of Mrs. Hilda Brackenbury at 2 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London, became known as "Mouse Castle" because it served as a safe house for suffragettes, particularly those released from prison under the "Cat and Mouse Act" to recover from hunger strike

1996? OSSIE CLARK, murdered. 
DAVID HOCKNEY’S MR.&MRS CLARK AND PERCY.

1958. Incidents thatvspa4ked the riots

JOHN CHRISTIE

 Victorian terraces, pastel-coloured 

BNSMOVEMENT. COLIN JORDAN

RELEASE. Help  and advise, drugs

OZ. Underground press. 

Favourite of original NH Bohemians. Glam hippy at. F.   by PORTOBELLO HOTEL owners.

Rev. Rawes, Oblates

H. CLUTTON. J.F.BENTLEY. Assistant. Additions.

French Provincial.

Furniture. Crafted exquisitely.  BENTLEY, first assistant then own   extensions.

Alabaster altar.  Miniature columns. Huge capitals. Inlaid marble.

HUBERT, WESTLAKE panels.

Intricate main altar and piscina. Offertory box.
Stations of the cross.
Statue of OUR LADY by PHYFFERS, from ANTWERP (Palace of Westminster)

Baptistery, a masterpiece, expression on Victorian spiritual

ity.

BENTLEY converted, taking the name FRANCIS, being the first to be baptised here by  CARDINAL WISEMAN. The architect donated parts of the font.

Irish immigrants, first. Then Philippinos and Eritreans.

BBC. Social housing - Victorian houses (£12.000 to £2 million!!!)

AHDN.They run in/out of the police station

Riots

WSPU. 1916-19. EMMELINE (mother)left for Canada. Adopted “war babies” were cared for in AUBREY ROAD. A NURSERY OR ADOPTHOME for babies born out of wedlock

EDDY GRANT EQUALS COME TOGETHER, 1968 Record BABY COME BACK

Classy shops

1820. JAMES WELLER LADBROKE. Surveyor THOMAS ALLASON, planned the layout.Until then entirely rural.Heavy clay soil.

HOLLAND PARK A ENUE. Huge. Ir us, one mile in  circumference.NASH’s influence. Few houses, Racecourses, attractive proposition.

Building resumed 1840s. Handsome crescents, swathes of enclosed communal gardens, CHELTENHAM influence  (ROY, THOMPSON, architect  PAPWORTH). Here JAMES THOMSON, PAP. pupil.

Detached villas, semi-detached! Terraced descending the hill side, in a series of sweeping cresc.

Early restrained design. Florid ITALIANATE style, later

 Middle classes. Professionals and  army officers. Servants could only enter the gardens accompanying a member of the family.

But in 1861, signs that things were not going well: some houses divided (halfs). Others,  converted into schools.

No takers for the houses closer to the POTTERIES. Unoccupied houses. LADBROKE GARDENS called COFFIN ROW. 1870s.

Some speculators lost a lot of money (DR.SAMUEL WALKER). Houses unfinished and in ruinous conditions.

Rows of pretty coloured houses backing onto communal gardens.

NOTTING HILL FL?

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3 of the era’s leading revolutionaries were sheltered in her house: HANS WERNER HENZE DANI COHN-BENDIT and RUDI DUTSCHKE

Main  N-S  axis. The summit, Surveyor James Thomson, has oval form, with to crescents, STANLEY and LANSDOWN

A church was a must in such a ew handsome suburb, as important as drains and lighting. giving respectability. The first ch. built N of BAYSWATER/UXBRIDGE ROAD
Here, as in many other suburbs,  MEDIEVAL EARLY ENGLISH Gothic. . Ragstone, contrasting with stucco.

Later on, a  CLASSICAL church: ST.PETER’S. 

By EDWARD MAXWELL FRY, 1938. A change  of style!

F.  Y Russian emigres and  British enthusiasts in 1955.

Readings and lectures, especially poetry from Pushkin’ stiles to the present

The largest of the 13 communal gardens 

The films was shot at 142 PORTOBELLO ROAD

You will SEE some Portobello Road attractions nearby in NH4

My favourite route continues