Adam and Eve Mews is a cobbled mews entered under a covered entrance on the south side of Kensington High Street.
Some houses have been painted in bright colours, whereas others are faced in plain brick.
The mews forks south and west at the end; at the western section again forks north leading to a very private cul-de-sac which also contains some recently built mews-style houses.
Many of the houses have attractive roof gardens with lots of shrubs by the front doors.
Adam and Eve Mews is named after ‘The Adam and Eve’, an ancient inn with two acres of gardens which used to stand on the site. The site was quite long and narrow and did not really lend itself to building typical large London houses.
William Willett, a speculative builder in the area, bought the land and got permission in 1880 to build a series of stables to serve the surrounding larger houses.
The 2-storey stable blocks were put up in 1880 – 1881 with a few at the southern end in 1884. The main block was designed by Edward Monson; the later ones were designed by Harry Measures.
The road was originally to be called Palace Stables, then Adam and Eve Stables, but now Adam and Eve Mews.
This forms part of a guide to Kensington Streets which first appeared on the, now defunct, Kensington Living website.
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