163 Kensington High Street (London)

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The site of 163 Kensington High Street was originally that of one of Kensington’s most ancient inns ‘The Adam and Eve,’ which was housed on the site from the seventeenth century until 1972.
It is likely that the inn was originally a traditional timber building with three pronounced bay windows.
The development of the district west of the site in the early nineteenth century brought inevitable improvements to the area; it is thought that the inn itself was altered and possibly entirely rebuilt at this time.
In 1882, The Adam and Eve itself and its neighbours along the frontage were reconstructed in an ornamental Franco-Italian
style. The public house remained in use until 1972.
The ground and basement floors are currently occupied by retail space, while the upper floors, including the overpass, are occupied by two
residential flats.
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