Addison Avenue

Addison Avenue is a street in the Notting Hill area of London. Located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, it runs northwards from Holland Park Avenue to St James's Gardens crossing Queensdale Road about halfway along. Norland Square is located to its east while Royal Crescent is a little way to the west. A broad, tree-lined avenue, it is largely residential with some commercial properties at the southern end. The smaller Addison Place mews street runs off the western side of the road, looping northwards until it meets Queensdale Road.

Looking northwards along the street.

St James' Church, Norlands at the northern end of the street.

Blue plaque commemorating Hugh Carleton Greene Director-General of the BBC.

The street, like nearby Addison Road, is named after the early eighteenth century writer and politician Joseph Addison who lived at nearby Holland House.[1] [2] The Holland Estate was gradually redeveloped for housing although Addison Avenue was actually built on the adjacent Norland Estate.[3] [4] It was developed during the 1840s[5] by the architect and property developer Robert Cantwell. It was designed with a vista towards St James' Church at the northern end of the street, which was built at the same time.

A number of buildings in the street are now Grade II listed.[6] [7] [8] Amongst the notable former residents was Hugh Carleton Greene Director-General of the BBC during the 1960s, who is now commemorated by a blue plaque.[9]