Queens Park Estate (London)

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The Queens Park Estate was designed in 1873 by Robert Austin and later by Roland Plumb and was built from 1874 by the Artisans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company. The architecture of the estate of some 2000 small houses is distinctively Gothic-revival, with polychrome brickwork, pinnacles and turrets along the bigger roads. It retains First Avenue, Second Avenue etc up to Sixth Avenue, and originally had streets A-P. The lettered streets were soon given proper names starting with the original initial letter and representing some person or place connected with the company. Droop, for example, was one of the directors, and Alperton was the location of the company’s brickworks.
In 1882, ex-pupils of one of the schools- on the corner of Droop street and Third Avenue - started a football club which eventually gee into the modern day Queen’s Park Rangers.
The estate was altered during the Second World War, following damage sustained in Huxley Street, Kilburn Lane, Fifth Avenue and Droop Street.
Farrent Street was also demolished in 1970s to provide recreational space south of Ilbert Street. Today, mainly due to rebuilding along the Harrow Road frontage in the 1970s, only some 1300 houses remain. Despite the loss of these terraces, Queen’s Park remains a complete example of early cottage estate development.

There are 53 properties which are listed Grade 2, as buildings of special architectural and historic interest. These include Droop Street School and all properties along Fifth Avenue between Ilbert Street and Kilburn Lane. The majority of listed buildings on the Queen’s Park Estate are in Fifth Avenue.

Sources: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101357031-83-97-fifth-aven...
www.queensparkvillage.co.uk/index.php/history
www.theundergroundmap.com/wp/the-queens-park-estate/