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Dummy houses @23/24 Leinster Gardens, Paddington, London W2
Maps > Dummy houses @23/24 Leinster Gardens, Paddington, London W2
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bubaonline @ 2008-09-30 10:53:56 |
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Leinster Gardens is a street in Bayswater, London. It has two false façades at numbers 23 & 24, constructed at the time of the original steam engine-hauled underground railway that had a short section exposed to the surface.
Locomotives were fitted with condensers to reduce fumes, but "venting off" was still needed in open-air sections to relieve the condensers and keep the tunnels free from smoke.[1] In this upmarket area, the railway company hid this unsightly practice from residents. The false façade also maintained a continuous frontage along a prestigious terrace.
The façade is 5 feet (1.5 m) thick with 18 blackened windows. The doors have no letter boxes.
In the 1930s, a hoax was played on guests who were sold 10 Guinea tickets to a charity ball at Leinster Gardens, only to turn up in evening dress to discover the address was fake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_Gardens |
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www.urban75.org
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London, United Kingdom (GB)
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