Kynance Mews, SW7
Kynance Mews is hidden away in South Kensington, a short walk from Gloucester Road station.
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Kynance Mews consists of 33 residential properties on a mews road which starts at Gloucester Road and ends in a cul-de-sac.

The entrances to the mews pass through three arches, each Grade II listed and built about 1860 to a design by Thomas Cundy III.

Thomas Broadwood decided to develop the Broadwood estate. After laying sewers, in 1862 construction started on the houses. The work would continue until the mid 1870s.

It was known as Cornwall Mews until 1924, having been built as stabling for the Cornwall Gardens development to the south by the builders Welchman and Gale between 1862 and 1879. The mews served as the stabling for Cornwall Gardens. Kynance retains the Cornish connection with Kynance Cove on the Lizard, near Helson in Cornwall.

The majority of those living in the mews had jobs providing the transport for those who lived in the large houses in Cornwall Gardens.

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