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20 July 2009
1878 – House at Campden Hill, Kensington, London

1878 – House at Campden Hill, Kensington, London

Architect: Richard Norman Shaw

20 July 2009
1878 – New Vestry Hall, St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, London

1878 – New Vestry Hall, St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, London

Architect: Robert Walker

20 July 2009
1878 – Brompton Oratory Competition, Kensington, London

1878 – Brompton Oratory Competition, Kensington, London

Architect: Herbert Gribble An architectural competition was announced in January 1878 to design a new church. It was not limited to Catholics, and offered prizes of £200 and £75. The chief requirements were:...

20 July 2009
1880 – Natural History Museum, Kensington, London

1880 – Natural History Museum, Kensington, London

Architect: Alfred Waterhouse Previously a section of the British Museum, Richard Owen, who was appointed Superintendent of the collection in 1856 wanted to expand the museum. Land in South Kensington was purchased, and...

20 July 2009
1881 – Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London

1881 – Harrington Gardens, Kensington, London

Architect: Ernest George & Peto Perspective including ground plan as published in The Building News, June 3rd 1881.

16 July 2009
1875 – New House, Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, London

1875 – New House, Queen’s Gate, South Kensington, London

Architect: Richard Norman Shaw “We have satisfaction this week in publishing a reproduction of Mr. Norman Shaw’s Academy drawing of the new house now being erected under his architectural superintendence at Queen’s-gate, South...

16 July 2009
1873 – St. Luke’s Church, South Kensington, London

1873 – St. Luke’s Church, South Kensington, London

Architect: George & Henry Godwin Saint Luke’s was built in 1872 to 1873; designed by George and Henry Godwin. Chiefly responsible for fundraising was the Reverend William Fraser Handcock, a clergyman of means,...

16 July 2009
1873 – Design for Church of St. Patrick, Kenway Road, Kensington, London

1873 – Design for Church of St. Patrick, Kenway Road, Kensington, London

Architect: Henry Conybeare The designer Henry Conybeare was not a prolific architect; but an engineer. He had begun his career in India, where in the early 1850s he designed and laid out waterworks...

16 July 2009
1872 – New Vestry Hall, Kensington, London

1872 – New Vestry Hall, Kensington, London

Architect: J.M. Brydon Unrealised design for a new Vestry Hall for the Borough of Kensington.