Kensal House, Modernist apartment complex in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom.
The estate consists of two curved blocks containing 68 housing association flats at the northern end of Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Green.
Maxwell Fry designed this Grade II* listed building in 1937 as the first modernist block in the United Kingdom for working-class residents.
The development incorporated communal facilities including a community center, shared laundry facilities, canteen, and nursery school for social interaction.
The building operates exclusively with gas-powered amenities, featuring gas fires, gas cookers, gas water heaters, and gas-powered irons instead of electricity.
An 11-minute documentary titled Welcome to Kensal House, produced by the British Commercial Gas Association, documented the estate in 1937.
Location: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Inception: 1937
Architects: Maxwell Fry
Architectural style: International Style
GPS coordinates: 51.52569,-0.21670
Latest update: May 13, 2025 09:39
St Charles' Hospital
404 m
Tomb of Charles Spencer Ricketts
433 m
Dissenters' Chapel, Kensal Green
146 m
Reformers' Memorial
180 m
Church of St John the Evangelist
278 m
Monument To The Molyneux Family, Kensal Green Cemetery
493 m
Tomb Of Thomas Hood
533 m
Tomb Of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel And Isambard Kingdom Brunel
405 m
Ladbroke Hall
368 m
Memorial to Robert Owen
177 m
Queen's Park Library
426 m
Tomb Of Joseph Richardson
376 m
Tomb Of William Makepeace Thackeray
362 m
Tomb Of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton De Gyfford
515 m
Monument To Ninon Michaelis, Kensal Green Cemetery
391 m
Pillar Box Pillar Box On South East Corner With Telford Road
498 m
Tomb Of John Mcdouall Stuart
198 m
Tomb Of John Robinson Mcclean
399 m
E M Lander's Stonemasons Showroom
248 m
Tomb Of Alfred Cooke
528 m
Monument To Michael Balfe
520 m
Tomb Of William Mulready, Royal Academy
514 m
Entrance Gateway Opposite Wellington Road
283 m
Tomb Of Major General Sir William Casement, Knight Commander Of The Bath
491 m
Tomb Of General James Perry And Sir Patrick O'Brien
479 m
Tomb Of Henry Kendall
444 m
Sir William Molesworth Mausoleum
505 m
Tomb Of Mary Gibson
511 mReviews
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