Property Description

Kensington Court Mews is a cul-de-sac off Kensington Court Place in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Kensington Court Mews contains 21 properties used for residential purposes and is the winner of the Environment Award 1997.

At some point between October 1940 and June 1941, a high explosive bomb fell onto Kensington Court, just outside of the Mews. The Mews was noted as having comfortable living conditions with higher than average, middle class household earnings for the time when the London Poverty Maps were first published.

The Mews is part of the ‘Kensington Court’ Conservation Area. The De Vere Conservation Area was originally designated in 1969 as Kensington New Town, with the other two (Kensington Court and Cornwall) areas being designated separately soon after. In 1985, the boundaries were modified and revised.

The two and three storey properties have plain or painted brickwork facades with mansard roof styles, surrounded by a tarmacadam road surface. There are intact garages present and parking is restricted.

Everchanging Nature

Originally the stable/ coach house accommodation for the main houses on the surrounding streets, the primary purpose of the Mews properties is now residential.

Before and since 2003 there have been a few planning applications made for alterations to the properties in the Mews; mostly regarding changes to the fenestration of the properties. Conservation Area controls apply to any new development in the Mews.