Addison Road, London

<h2 id="history-and-residents">History and residents</h2>

The name of the road derives from the essayist and statesman <a href="/facts/Joseph_Addison/MSmFhJz2">Joseph Addison</a> (1672–1719),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> as with <a href="/facts/Addison_Avenue/lc5gQRcx">Addison Avenue</a> nearby.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a>
The road was begun in the 1820s. The church of St Barnabas at No. 23 was built in 1829, designed by <a href="/facts/Lewis_Vulliamy/YQ7S49Lh">Lewis Vulliamy</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> in a <a href="/facts/Tudor_Gothic/q4LRtY1Q">Tudor Gothic</a> style,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> with later stained glass by <a href="/facts/Edward_Burne-Jones/wyuVtx0T">Edward Burne-Jones</a> (executed by <a href="/facts/Morris_%2526_Co./H6Pbr1TY">Morris & Co.</a>) and <a href="/facts/Byam_Shaw/x4myg5Hz">Byam Shaw</a>. St James Norlands Church at the far end of Addison Avenue also designed by Vulliamy, was built in 1845.
<a href="/facts/Debenham_House/170koLMm">Debenham House</a> at 8 Addison Road was designed for Sir <a href="/facts/Ernest_Debenham/XFHmPWVu">Ernest Debenham</a> in 1905–6 by <a href="/facts/Halsey_Ricardo/IylTgDxx">Halsey Ricardo</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> The <a href="/facts/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement/nvYzhGJp">Arts and Crafts</a>-style house is an example of "structural <a href="/facts/Polychromy/v2xP9kr3">polychromy</a>". It includes <a href="/facts/Byzantine/njEELXWF">Byzanto</a>-<a href="/facts/Italianate/t800g5Lo">Italianate</a> grey bricks, <a href="/facts/Royal_Doulton/M2pUg0Ue">Doulton</a> <a href="/facts/Carrara/9RexL8Ts">Carrara</a> ware, green-glazed bricks, and turquoise tiles. Inside, there is a dome and Arts and Crafts decoration.
From 1869 to 1916, there was an Addison Road station to the west of Addison Road itself, for a railway line that provided services between <a href="/facts/London_Waterloo_railway_station/24B1wPra">Waterloo</a> and <a href="/facts/Richmond%2c_London/3aABjPvI">Richmond</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>
Addison Road is home to the <a href="/facts/Cardinal_Vaughan_Memorial_School/w4A4jTEr">Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School</a>, a Roman Catholic boys' school (which permits entry to girls in its Sixth Form).

The novelist and playwright <a href="/facts/John_Galsworthy/rXrSaDml">John Galsworthy</a> lived at 14 Addison Road from 1905 to 1913, as did <a href="/facts/Joseph_Conrad/WSrhX7pT">Joseph Conrad</a> and <a href="/facts/Radclyffe_Hall/uLegw7xY">Radclyffe Hall</a> at other times.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> Other notable inhabitants have included:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> <a href="/facts/Chaim_Weizmann/L2f0zrIA">Chaim Weizmann</a>, the first President of the State of <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>, who lived at No. 67 between 1916 and 1919; <a href="/facts/David_Lloyd_George/8J8gwEhu">David Lloyd George</a>, who resided at No. 2 between 1928 and 1936;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> <a href="/facts/James_Locke_(draper)/JoF6Ygfp">James Locke</a>, who is credited with giving <a href="/facts/Tweed/DCp4AfTF">Tweed</a> its name, and the architect <a href="/facts/Eustace_Balfour/zdjVftwL">Eustace Balfour</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a>

<h2 id="residential-properties">Residential properties</h2>

Debenham House, cited above, is often used for filming purposes. Although no longer privately owned, it is thought to be worth between £40–50 million.
The majority of houses located on Addison Road are worth between £10–30 million, and consequently the street is one of the most expensive residential streets in the world, and the second most expensive in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> (behind <a href="/facts/Kensington_Palace_Gardens/HBpYzDRn">Kensington Palace Gardens</a>). In 2015, a property was sold for £30 million, the most expensive in the UK that year.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>

<h2 id="location">Location</h2>
To the east is <a href="/facts/Holland_Park/HEqBfydl">Holland Park</a>. To the west is <a href="/facts/Holland_Road%2c_London/V2zF1fKx">Holland Road</a> and <a href="/facts/West_Kensington%2c_London/hQz4SvGj">West Kensington</a>. A portion of the road forms part of the <a href="/facts/A3220_road/SPPxgyB0">A3220</a> leading to Warwick Gardens south of the junction with <a href="/facts/Kensington_High_Street/81w5JQX3">Kensington High Street</a>.
<a href="/facts/Kensington_(Olympia)_station/QxKwJXsW">Kensington Olympia railway station</a> was originally named Addison Road although it is some distance away from the road itself.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>
St Barnabas, Kensington, is a <a href="/facts/Church_of_England/A1CoKeGz">Church of England</a> church in the road.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_eponymous_roads_in_London/lwW1rTw4">List of eponymous roads in London</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Addison%2527s_Walk/VruGX7JU">Addison's Walk</a>, Oxford</li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li> Media related to Addison Road, London at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1983). "Addison Road". The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert" target="_blank">/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Addison Road Guide — Holland Park, London W14". LondonTown.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023. <a href="http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/addison_road_0cc.html" target="_blank">http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/addison_road_0cc.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1983). "Addison Road". The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert" target="_blank">/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">Addison Avenue, W14, The London Encyclopaedia, Pan MacMillan / Britain Express. <a href="http://www.britainexpress.com/London/Addison-Road.htm" target="_blank">http://www.britainexpress.com/London/Addison-Road.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1983). "Addison Road". The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert" target="_blank">/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">The Church of St. Barnabas, Addison Road Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, In "The Holland estate: Since 1874", Survey of London: volume 37: Northern Kensington, pp. 126–150. British History, English Heritage, 1973. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49871#s2" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49871#s2</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">No. 8 Addison Road Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. In "The Holland estate: Since 1874", Survey of London: volume 37: Northern Kensington, pp. 126–150. British History, English Heritage, 1973. <a href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49871#s4" target="_blank">http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49871#s4</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:8">Addison Road – Hammersmith (1869–1916), London's Abandoned Tube Stations, UK. <a href="http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Hammersmith_Grove_Road.html" target="_blank">http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Hammersmith_Grove_Road.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">Addison Avenue, W14, The London Encyclopaedia, Pan MacMillan / Britain Express. <a href="http://www.britainexpress.com/London/Addison-Road.htm" target="_blank">http://www.britainexpress.com/London/Addison-Road.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1983). "Addison Road". The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert" target="_blank">/wiki/Christopher_Hibbert</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">"David Lloyd George's house at 2 Addison Road". Historic England. Retrieved 12 December 2022. <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/BL29408" target="_blank">https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/BL29408</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"Colonel Eustace James Anthony Balfour". Dictionary of Scottish architects. Retrieved 22 June 2014. <a href="http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=403192" target="_blank">http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=403192</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:13">Miller, Claire (2 February 2016). "The country's most expensive house to be sold in 2015 was sold for a whopping £30million". Daily Mirror. UK. <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-most-expensive-homes-been-7293382" target="_blank">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-most-expensive-homes-been-7293382</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:14">Allen, Cecil J. (August 1969). "Olympia and the West London line". Railway World. Vol. 30, no. 351. Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 342–347. <a href="/wiki/Cecil_J._Allen" target="_blank">/wiki/Cecil_J._Allen</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">St Barnabas, Kensington. <a href="http://www.stbk.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.stbk.org.uk/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">St Barnabas Addison Road, London[permanent dead link], A Church Near You, Church of England. <a href="http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-barnabas-addison-road/" target="_blank">http://www.achurchnearyou.com/st-barnabas-addison-road/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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