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Hillsleigh Road

Hillsleigh Road runs down the hill between Aubrey Walk and Holland Park Avenue. The houses on the west side are mainly three-storey. On the east side, at the top of the hill, there are some very elegant and large family houses.

Ness Cottage has an attractive castellated ground floor extension. The red brick Essex House is also particularly outstanding with a coat of arms above the front door. Hill Lodge, which has a large front garden, is also noteworthy.

In Tudor times, there was a 20 acre farm called Stonehills south of what is know Holland Park Avenue. Originally it was owned by Sir Walter Cope, who sold it to Robert Horseman in 1599. Eventually it came into the possession of the Lloyd Family who sold it in 1823 to Joshua Flesher Hanson, a substantial developer in the Notting Hill and Holland Park area. He built Campden Hill Square. Aubrey Road was originally designed as a service road for the houses on the west side of Campden Hill Square.

Hillsleigh Road was originally called New Road but was renamed Hillsleigh Road in 1910. It was constructed on the east side of Campden Hill Square to give access to stables and coach houses behind the main houses in the square. On some unused land, Hanson built several additional houses. There has been considerable rebuilding since.

 

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