Holland Park Living
Addison Place
Addison Place is a delightful back street stretching between Addison Avenue and Queensdale Road.
The street was named after Joseph Addison who lived at Holland House. He was an essayist and poet of the late 17th Century who’s main claim to fame now is as the founder of the Spectator.
It is particularly quiet and has a very private feel to it. The street is partially cobbled.
The houses are mainly 2-storey painted cottages. Some on the east side have charming front gardens and there is an attractive profusion of greenery at the north western end of the street. There are also some modern 2-storey mews cottages.
Addison Place contains some period houses built by James Hall over several years from 1857. He built about 120 houses in the estate in the 1850s. He also built extensively in the Chepstow Villas and Pembridge Place area.
