Before Grenfell: North Kensington’s Slums and Suburbs
The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management An academic enquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster: Causes, Implications and lessons for twenty-first century housing
Panel One: Class, race, economic status and housing
9 October 2020
Dr Eva Branscome Lecturer The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
North Kensington
Topographical map of the county in the vicinity of London, James Wyld 1833 North Kensington
The Piggeries and Potteries 1855 North Kensington
Ladbroke Estate, Survey of London map 1820 onward North Kensington
Ladbroke Estate, Survey of London map Stanley Gardens, Kensington Park by architect Thomas Allom, 1853 1820 onward North Kensington
Ladbroke Estate, Hippodrome 1837 to 1841 North Kensington
Norland Estate, Survey of London map 1840s North Kensington
Norland Estate, Survey of London drawings 1840s North Kensington
St Quintin and Portobello Estates, Survey of London map 1850s onward North Kensington
Kensal New Town, The Weekly Dispatch Atlas by Edward Weller 1855-60 North Kensington
Kensal New Town, The Weekly Dispatch Atlas by Edward Weller East Row cottages, Kensal New Town by WE Kell, 1911 1855-60 North Kensington
Norland Town by Miss Woolmer 1857 North Kensington
Travellers’ Camp near Latimer Road 1879 North Kensington
High Street, Notting Hill Gate 1910s North Kensington
Map Descriptive of London Poverty William Booth 1898-99 North Kensington
Notting Dale
Map Descriptive of London Poverty William Booth 1898-99 North Kensington
Notting Dale
Kensal New Town
Map Descriptive of London Poverty William Booth 1898-99 North Kensington
Notting Dale
Kensal New Town
Portobello (Powis, Colville and St Stephen’s areas)
Map Descriptive of London Poverty William Booth 1898-99 North Kensington
Harold House, Landsdown Road
Leamington Road Villas 1910s North Kensington
Southam Street Photograph by Roger Mayne 1956 North Kensington
The bombsite as a playground Photography by Roger Mayne 1957
Post-War redevelopment in early 1970s North Kensington
The bombsite as a playground Photography by Roger Mayne 1957
Post-War redevelopment in early 1970s North Kensington
The bombsite as a playground Photography by Roger Mayne 1957
Post-War redevelopment in early 1970s North Kensington
The bombsite as a playground Photography by Roger Mayne 1957
Post-War redevelopment in early 1970s North Kensington
Trellick Tower, 1968-72 Architect Ernö Goldfinger Photograph by Sam Lambert North Kensington
Master Plan and as built Lancaster West Estate Architecture by Clifford Wearden late 1960s and 1972-81 North Kensington
Master Plan and as built Lancaster West Estate Architecture by Clifford Wearden late 1960s and 1972-81 North Kensington
Grenfell Tower under construction Architecture by Clifford Wearden early 1970s North Kensington
Lancaster West Estate with Grenfell Tower Architecture by Clifford Wearden early 1980s North Kensington
Overcrowded Housing run by Peter Rachman
Photography by Jack Garofalo North Kensington
Overcrowded Housing run by Peter Rachman
Housing in St Stephen’s Gardens Photography by Roger Mayne 1961 and 1962 Windrush Migration
Post-war workforce from West Indies
Arriving from Southampton at Waterloo Station Photograph by Howard Grey 1962 North Kensington
Housing discrimination
Peter Rachman, Slum Landlord 1950s-1962 North Kensington
Overcrowded Housing run by Peter Rachman
Press photograph North Kensington
Race Riots 1958 ‘26 year old Maj Britt who was charged with obstruction, leaves the court with her husband Raymond Morrison after the hearing this morning.’
A gang of youthful ‘Teds’ Photography by Roger Mayne 1956 North Kensington
A Carnival to promote intercultural understanding Photograph by Richard Braine, 1975
The first Caribbean Carnival in London was organized by Claudia Jones of the West Indian Gazette in 1959.
The street Carnival in Notting Hill was started by the community activist Rhaune Laslett in 1966. North Kensington
The conservation movement and gentrification, 1970s