Fellows Road

Fellows Road is a two-lane road in the London Borough of Camden, just north of Central London. It is on the Eton College estate, a series of roads and houses built to replace the area destroyed in World War II, on land owned by Eton College. The road was originally built in 1873 and finished between 1874 and 1894, and named after the college's fellows.[1]

Fellows Road
Fellows Road in 2008
Fellows Road is located in Greater London
Fellows Road
Location in London
Part ofEton College Estate (North)
TypeTwo-lane road
OwnerLondon Borough of Camden
Maintained byLondon Borough of Camden
Length0.568 mi (0.914 km)
Width9 m
LocationBelsize Park, London Borough of Camden, London, England
Postal codeNW3
Nearest metro stationSwiss Cottage
Chalk Farm
Coordinates51°32′38″N 0°10′01″W
West endnear Swiss Cottage
East endnear Primrose Hill station
Construction
Construction start1873
Completion1880 (estimated)
Other
DesignerSamuel Cuming
Known forChalcots Estate
StatusIn use

Between Fellows Road and the parallel Adelaide Road is the Chalcots housing estate, which has four tower blocks: Dorney, Bray, Burnham and Taplow (all named after places near Eton). Entrances to the road can be accessed via Merton Rise, King's College Road, Winchester Road and Primrose Hill Road.[2] The road also has a number of small closes, including Brocas Close, Tobin Close, Huson Close, Briary Close and Hornby Close.

Appearance

The road has many large, grey brick houses, decorated with Corinthian capitals,[3] these are from the Victorian Era and were[4] designed by Samuel Cumming. Unlike the south side of the road, these structures were mostly undamaged from The Blitz in World War II (though, the east part of the road was destroyed and had to be rebuilt as part of the Chalcots Estate development). When entering from the east direction, one can see that the left side of the road is decorated by many brown and white modern, cube shaped households. These were constructed after World War II, where the south side of the road was bombed in an air raid by The Blitz. Construction finished in 1968 and the south part of the road was named Chalcots Estate.

Following the Grenfell Tower fire and inquiry heavy work began on the Chalcots Estate tower blocks.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

References
  1. The Streets of Belsize. Camden: Camden Local Archive. 2009. ISBN 978-0904491777.
  2. Google (16 January 2019). "Fellows Road, Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. "Fellows Road". Google Street View. March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1998). London: North. Yale University Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780300096538.
  5. "Cladding to be removed from five Chalcots tower blocks". BBC.
  6. "Cladding fire tests failed by 34 blocks in 17 areas". BBC.
  7. "Grenfell Tower: Dozens of angry residents refuse to leave Camden estate evacuated over fire fears". The Independent.
  8. "Chalcots Estate tower blocks: Council to sue refurbishment group". BBC.
  9. "Chalcots Estate: Multi-million-pound refurb for five tower blocks evacuated after Grenfell". Evening Standard.
  10. "Camden: Council appoints contractor to re-clad Chalcots estate evacuated over Grenfell fears". OnLondon.
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