Earls Court
Redcliffe Gardens
Redcliffe Gardens was an ancient road formerly called Walnut Tree Walk. (For the name, see Redcliffe Road.)
This part of what Corbett and McClymont called “the Redcliffe Estate” was a patchwork of different freeholds whose owners were cooperating in the overall development. Some of Redcliffe Gardens was owned by the Gunters, some by R J Pettiward and some by R T and Lucy Robinson.
The east side of Redcliffe Gardens for a small way from its start in Fulham Road, was owned by the Robinsons. In 1868 they granted Corbett and McClymont leases of the sites of Nos. 1-11 Redcliffe Gardens.
The rest of the east side was in the ownership of James Gunter II and he also granted leases to Corbett and McClymont for the whole range from Nos. 13-79 Redcliffe Gardens between 1866 and 1873.
The west side of the street from the Fulham Road end was in Pettiward’s ownership. Between 1865 and 1871 he granted leases of land to Corbett and McClymont for the construction of Nos. 2A, 2-58 (even) Redcliffe Gardens.
Robert Gunter II owned the rest of the west side. Corbett and McClymont built Nos. 60-82 (even) under leases from him in 1871-2. They had previously arranged for Gunter to lease Nos. 84-102 (even) to Jeremiah Little in 1869. Sometimes they took the leases of sites and did the building work themselves. Sometimes they arranged for other nominated builders to take over part of the work and to take the site leases.
