Notting Hill Living
Pembridge Villas
Nos. 2-20 Pembridge Villas were built in the section of the road which becomes Chepstow Villas. James Hall was involved in most of them in one capacity or another. Ladbrook granted him a lease of No. 4, at the direction of T W Budd in 1846, which Hall kept as his home. In 1847 Ladbroke granted him a direct lease of No. 6. No. 8 was granted to him, again at the direction of Budd. it appears that TW Budd had the rigahts to the rest of the houses and in 1848 he granted leases to Hall of 14-20, but at Hall's request he granted leases of No. 10 and 12 to C Hedge, a coal merchant of Pimlico.
In Pembridge Villas proper, George Stevenson, a Paddington plumber, took the corner plot on the west side in 1845. This was No. 22. He also took Nos. 24 and 26. The rest of the range as far as Chepstow Crescent was divided up among various builders: J D Bishop, of Brewer Street, Soho took No. 28 and Henry Sherlock, a plumber from Paddington, took number 30, both in 1847. Nos. 32-40 even were built by William Weston, a builder.
Below Chepstow Crescent, Charles Maidlow, an auctioneer, leased Nos. 50-56 from the executors of R Hall in 1852. Below Pembridge Crescent, James Hall took Nos. 58-66 from Hall’s executors in 1851-5.
On the east side, James Hall also built Nos. 9 and 11 in 1849. The main builder of the early houses was George Trigg, a Paddington builder. Between 1846 and 1852 he took Nos. 13-23. Nos. 33-55 were built by William Radford between 1849 and 1855.
