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Vicarage Gate

Vicarage Gate runs off Kensington Church Street, going gently uphill, with two branches off the street on the right hand side.

It mainly consists of large mansion blocks at the southern end. The first leg on the right is a cul-de-sac which contains a terrace of five-storey buildings (plus basements). At the end are St Mary Abbots Vicarage and St Mary Abbots Church Hall with an attractive courtyard in front. On the southern side stands Hamilton House, an eleven-storey, modern block of flats.

The second branch of Vicarage Gate is a wide street, again consisting of five-storey buildings with basements. The houses on the southern side are bare brick faced; those are the eastern end are faced with white stucco.

Vicarage Gate was part of the Sheffield House and Glebe Estate.

Joseph Mears, a Hammersmith builder, built the houses, Nos. 1-14 (consec), except for No. 7 which was built by Jonathan Pearson, an ironmonger from Notting Hill, by agreement with Mears. The houses were built in 1878-9.

 

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