Hollywood Road, Brompton

Hollywood Road, Chelsea
Houses in Hollywood Road
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General information
Address	Hollywood Road, Chelsea
Town or city	London
Country	England
Coordinates	51.4886°N 0.1810°W / 51.4886; -0.1810
Completed	1865-1868

Hollywood Road is a residential street in the Brompton area, London, SW10. It runs roughly north to south from Tregunter Road to Fulham Road. The area is now located inside the Boltons Conservation Area, set up in 1970 by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.[1] Hollywood Road was put up early in the 1860s, before the more famous Hollywood in California was settled.

History

Vintage postcard picturing Hollywood Road (Chelsea, London) in the 1890s

Part of the larger development of the Gunter Estate (of what is now known as the Boltons Conservation Area) between 1850 and 1876, Hollywood Road itself was built between 1865 and 1868. The street mainly contains flat fronted houses with open Doric porches and black painted cast iron balcony railing above.

The main terrace extending to the Hollywood Arms was built under ninety-nine-year leases granted by James Gunter to William Corbett or Alexander McClymont which ran from Christmas 1863. Hollywood Road marked the only place where James or Robert Gunter's building campaigns in Kensington reached the Fulham Road.[2]

Notable buildings and residents

• Hollywood Arms, built in 1865 by builders Corbett and McClymont. Grade II listed building.

References

1. "The Boltons Conservation Area Appraisal" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. 17 February 2015.
2. "Little Chelsea in Kensington | British History Online".