Kensington
Jameson Street
Jameson Street runs north of Kensington Place.
It mainly consists of three-storey terraced Victorian houses some of which are fully stuccoed and others only up to ground floor level. Those on the east side abut immediately onto the pavement but those on the west side are slightly set back behind wrought iron railings.
The street is tree-lined on one side and is part of the area known at Hillgate Village.
You should read the history of the Racks to the point where William Johnson and Joseph Clutterbuck began turning what had been a brickfield into a residential area.
Clutterbuck died in about 1851 having made a start on development, using other builders to carry out the work. William Johnson continued selling off plots. Over 200 houses were built in the following decade, with a large number of individual builders constructing a few houses each.
Clutterbuck, or builders appointed by him, were responsible for the construction of houses in Jameson Street (formerly St James or James Street).
Most of the houses in this area were put in multiple occupation and it was really close to being a slum.
