St Quintin Estate (London)

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The St Quintin Estate was developed for housing after the construction of the Hammersmith and City railway.
At that time the estate was owned by Colonel Matthew Chitty Downs St Quintin, who leased land to the entrepreneur Charles Henry Blake (1794-1872) then developing the area around the railway. As ground landlord, Col. St Quintin imposed stringent building requirements on Blake, such as provision of shops and houses built to high specifications and the prior approval of plans by his own architect, Henry Currey, who was employed to supervise his estate.
The houses in Bassett Road, Oxford Gardens (west) and Cambridge Gardens (west) were built between 1867-1890, the houses aimed at middle-classes and early commuters.
The second building phase took place between 1871 and 1890 and included St Quintin Avenue and Highlever Road.
The last part of the estate around Kelfield Gardens were built between 1905-1914 and was predominantly working class housing built by Kensington Borough Council or charitable trusts.
The houses in Oakworth Road and Methwold Road were built in 1919-1926. Dalgarno Gardens was built between 1910 – 1927 and Pangbourne Avenue was the last to be built around 1950.
londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.php?ID...
www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp298-332