South Kensington
Brechin Place
Brechin Place runs between Rosary Gardens and Gloucester Road parallel to Old Brompton Road.
It contains five-storey red-brick terraced houses on both sides of the street. Those on the north side have a first floor wrought-iron balcony and the buildings have bay windows at both ground floor and first floor level.
Brechin Place was built on land belonging to the Day Estate.
When Hereford Square had been developed, the Day estate still contained a number of large houses with grounds built in the 18th century. In the 1880s these were pulled down to make way for the next wave of development. In 1881 the Metropolitan Board of Works approved the layout of three new road which were to be Brechin Place, Rosary Gardens and Wetherby Place.
George E. Mineard was the builder who took on the site of Brechin Place. His houses were completed in 1884.
The estate surveyor at this time was Charles Moreing, by then in his 80s. The role was then taken over by William Collbran and it's possible he was the architect of many of the houses.
Cranley Mansions were built at the eastern end Brechin Place in 1883-4. In the Second World War, several houses in Brechin Place were destroyed by bombing and have been replaced.
The Days have sold off most of their freeholds over the years.
