- 146 Regent's Park Road
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51.541197, -0.156856 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Сoats of arms above the graffiti on the building’s south-western wall.
- Three words at the bottom of the coat of arms
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make shit happen
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Historical background
Unlike many other areas of North London, Primrose Hill was not a yet another village swallowed up by rapidly growing Victorian London. In 1840, the only large building here was the Chalk Farm Tavern (which, due to its distance from the city centre, was often used as a duelling ground). In 1842, by an Act of Parliament, the neighbouring hill was announced to become a park, and so development started in the nearby triangle formed by the Regent’s Сanal from the southeast, railway tracks from the northeast, and the future park from the west. The original plan included luxurious villas surrounded by large gardens, but the pollution from the railways, and the demand for housing near the traffic arteries did their job. So now instead of the villas, terraced houses were rising, only to be split further into apartments and rooms to be rented out to workers and their families.
All the more surprising that after going through the twentieth century without much drastic changes and remaining reasonably quiet, Primrose Hill started attracting British celebrities in the Nineties. Of course, famous people have called Primrose Hill their home before — take, for example, Sylvia Plath or Friedrich Engels — but none of them are associated with Primrose Hill as strongly as the so-called Primrose Hill Set. Jude Law, Sadie Frost, Kate Moss, Noel and Liam Gallagher, and many others lived and partied here. Over the past 25 years, many of them have moved out, but it seems that the star appeal of Primrose Hill won’t subside any time soon — the latest addition has been Stefano Gabbana, who bought a house in Primrose Hill a few years ago.
Present in routes of categories Lion, Atlas
Passed by: 38/42 (90%).
By categories:
- Atlas: 5/5 (100%)
- Lion: 33/37 (89%)