Hampstead Grove is a street in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden . It heads northwards from Holly Hill running towards Hampstead Heath , but curving back towards Lower Terrace which connects it to the Heath. It runs roughly parallel to Heath Street to its east. It takes its name from the groves of trees that marked the landscape.
10-498: The first reference to the street is in 1831, when it was known as The Grove (a name that also at times included Admiral's Walk and Upper and Lower Terrace). In 1937, to avoid confusion with The Grove in Highgate , the name was changed to Hampstead Grove. One of Hampstead's two historic windmills was located here. It contains a large number of eighteenth and nineteenth century properties. The Grade I Fenton House , now belonging to
20-422: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Grove, Highgate The Grove, Highgate, N6 is a short tree-lined street in north London , running north from Highgate West Hill to Hampstead Lane, known for the notable residents who have lived there over several centuries. The line of The Grove follows the eastern boundary of an estate which at the beginning of the 17th century belonged to
30-700: The National Trust , is on the west side of the road and is the oldest surviving mansion in Hampstead dating back to 1693. Other listed buildings include Old Grove House and New Grove House. Notable residents have included the writer George du Maurier , his son the actor Gerald du Maurier , the artist Brian Robb , the novelist Mary Webb and Lord Cottesloe . Near its northern end is a concealed reservoir, dating back to 1856 and drawing its water from nearby Whitestone Pond , and Hampstead Observatory . This London road or road transport-related article
40-503: The Warner family, several members of which held prominent positions in the City of London . The Estate's Tudor mansion was Dorchester House, described in 1620 as The Blewhouse, which stood in what is now the courtyard of Witanhurst , the palatial mansion on Highgate West Hill whose entrance marks the southern end of The Grove. Dorchester House came into the possession of William Blake in
50-466: The early 20th century. No.1: Actress Gladys Cooper and her husband, publisher Neville Pearson ; Journalist Patrick Sergeant No.2: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin ; musician Sting and his wife, actress Trudie Styler No.3 : Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge ; playwright J. B. Priestley ; model Kate Moss No.4: Diplomat and managing editor of The Times , Sir Campbell Stuart , GCMG , KBE , KStJ ; Executive Cob Stenham and daughters,
60-701: The east side of the street until 1844, when the New River Company acquired the land for a covered reservoir to supply the Village with piped water for the first time. South of the covered reservoir small remnants of the village green survive, whilst on the north east side of the street there are two modest apartment buildings, Old Well House and Fitzroy Lodge. All the buildings in The Grove are Listed , either Grade II or II*, apart from numbers 12 and 13 which were built in 2015 and Old Well House, built in
70-514: The eldest of whom is playwright Polly Stenham ; TV chef , restaurateur, and cookbook author, Jamie Oliver No.5: Appeal judge Sir Edward Fry and children: artist Roger , social reformer Joan , illustrator Agnes and prison reformer Margery ; musician George Michael No.6: Musician Annie Lennox and her then-husband, film producer Uri Fruchtmann No.7: Manager of the Marine Insurance Co., Robert John Lodge, who
80-475: The mid 17th century, who in 1688 built numbers 1 to 6 The Grove in the part of its garden nearer the house, having earlier leased an acre at the rear of the garden on which Sir Francis Pemberton built Grove House a decade earlier. This house was later demolished to make way for the remainder of the houses on the west side of the street, numbers 7 to 13, built from the early 19th century onwards. The old village green , and one of its three ponds, occupied most of
90-458: Was a director of Unilever for sixteen years, the chairman of Ajro Wiggins Appleton from 1991 and on the board and latterly chairman of Telewest , for twelve years from 1994 to 2006. He died of a heart attack and was buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery . Stenham was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (law and economics). His daughters are the playwright, Polly Stenham , and Daisy Stenham. This article about
100-606: Was also treasurer of the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution (1880-1893) No.8: Actors Robert Donat and Renée Asherson No.9: Politician Beresford Craddock ; Spy Anthony Blunt ; industrialist John Sutton Nettlefold Fitzroy Lodge: Scottish Comedian Stanley Baxter 51°34′13″N 0°09′05″W / 51.5704°N 0.1515°W / 51.5704; -0.1515 Cob Stenham Anthony William Paul Stenham (28 January 1932 – 22 October 2006 ), and named "Cob" after Richard Cobden ,
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