Albert Street, Camden
 20 Albert Street, where there is a blue plaque commemorating the writer George MacDonald | |
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| Location | Camden Town, London NW1, England, United Kingdom |
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| Postal code | NW1 7LU, NW1 7LX, NW1 7LY, NW1 7NA, NW1 7NB, NW1 7NE, NW1 7NR, NW1 7NU and NW1 7NZ |
| Nearest London Underground station | Camden Town station (Northern line) |
| Coordinates | 51°32′09″N 0°08′35″W / 51.5359°N 0.1430°W |
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| Known for | many Grade II listed buildings and several notable residents and former residents |
Albert Street, London NW1, is a street in Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden, England, near Camden Town station. It includes several listed Grade II listed 19th-century buildings. Some of the houses have had notable former residents and two of them have blue plaques. Although the street is mainly residential, it also includes some offices, a pub, and a museum.
Location[edit]
The street leads, at its north-west end, to Parkway (the A2401 road) and, at the south-east end, to Delancey Street (the A503 road). The nearest station is Camden Town on London Underground's Northern line.
Listed buildings and notable residents[edit]
Even-numbered houses[edit]
The writer, journalist and Labour MP Dick Leonard (1930–2021), his wife Irène Heidelberger-Leonard, Professor of German Literature, their son Mark Leonard (born 1974), political scientist and author, and their daughter Miriam Leonard (born 1976), Professor of Greek Literature, have all lived at No. 18.[1] Dick Leonard died there in 2021.[2]
No. 20, known as Tudor Lodge, which has been listed Grade II by Historic England, was built in the 1840s as a house and studios for the artist Charles Lucy (1814–1873). The poet and novelist George MacDonald (1824–1905), who lived there from 1860 to 1863, described the house in his 1871 novel The Vicar's Daughter.[3] It now has a blue plaque, commemorating MacDonald, that was erected by English Heritage in 2005.[4]
The Liverpool-born writer, theatre critic and artist Beryl Bainbridge (1932−2010) lived at No. 42 for 45 years.[5][6][7] In 1967 she painted Napoleon Dancing at 42 Albert St, Camden Town, to the Strains of the Gramophone.[8][9]
John Desmond Bernal (1901–1971), the Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology, lived and died at No. 44. In 2001 English Heritage placed a blue plaque there to commemorate him.
The writer and broadcaster Robert Elms (born 1959) lives at No. 74.[10][11]
Odd-numbered houses[edit]
A terrace of 27 houses (Nos. 45 to 97) was built in 1845 and is Grade II listed.[12] The Yorkshire-born architect William Henry Crossland (1835–1908), who designed Rochdale Town Hall, Holloway Sanatorium and Royal Holloway College, died at No. 57 on 14 November 1908.[13][14]
A terrace of nine houses (Nos. 123 to 139) was built in about 1845 and is Grade II listed.[15] Nos. 129 to 131 are now called Raymond Burton House, which is the location of Jewish Museum London.
No. 141, on the corner of Albert Street and Parkway, is a pub, The Spread Eagle.[16] It is Grade II listed.[17]
Other buildings[edit]
At the other end of the street, a Grade II-listed house, No. 38 Delancey Street, has an entrance on Albert Street.[18][19]
Former mosque[edit]
London's first mosque was opened in 1895 at a house in Albert Street.[20]
Albert Street North Residents’ Association[edit]
Albert Street North Residents’ Association represents the interests of local residents who live at the street's north end.[21]
Gallery[edit]
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Blue plaque at No. 20, commemorating George MacDonald -
Blue plaque at No. 44, commemorating J. D. Bernal -
Exterior of Jewish Museum London at Nos. 129−131 -
The Spread Eagle pub at No. 141, on the corner of Albert Street and Parkway
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References[edit]
- ^ "Leonard. Mark Hugo". Companies House. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Billson, Chantelle (30 June 2021). "'Incredibly proud': Former Romford MP Dick Leonard passes away at 90". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Historic England (2 September 2003). "Tudor Lodge (1390617)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "MacDonald, George (1824–1905)". Historic England. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Scurr, Ruth (21 October 2016). "Life writing: Telling the story of Beryl Bainbridge's books and love affairs". Times Literary Supplement. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Davies, Jojo (12 December 2010). "The Beryl Bainbridge I knew, by her daughter". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Sutherland, John (2011). The Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives. London: Profile Books. p. 664. ISBN 978-1-84668-157-8.
- ^ "Beryl Bainbridge art to go on show in Liverpool". BBC News. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (26 November 2012). "Have you got an early Beryl Bainbridge on your walls?". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Elms, Robert Frederick". Companies House. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Radio presenter Robert Elms kept awake as HS2 start manhole work in middle of night". Camden New Journal. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Historic England (14 May 1974). "Numbers 45–97 And Attached Railings (1378630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Elliott, John (23 September 2004). Crossland, William Henry. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Binns, Sheila (2020). W.H. Crossland: An Architectural Biography. The Lutterworth Press. ISBN 978-0-7188-9548-8. pp. 235–236.
- ^ Historic England (14 May 1974). "Numbers 123–139 And Attached Railings (1378643)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Welcome to the Spread Eagle". The Spread Eagle. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Historic England (14 May 1974). "Spread Eagle Public House (1322062)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Historic England (11 January 1999). "Number 38 And Attached Railings (1067392)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Number 38 And Attached Railings". Historic England. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Noble, Will (23 February 2017). "A Tour Guide Has Discovered London's Oldest Mosque". Londonist. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Albert Street North Residents' Association". Albert Street North Residents’ Association. Retrieved 10 September 2021.