Queen's Gate Living
Queen's Gate Mews
Queen’s Gate Mews is a cobbled street which runs off Gloucester Road and Queen’s Gate Terrace. It consists of two sections: one part goes from west to east and the other part from north to south. The shops in Gloucester Road are particularly convenient.
It is mainly residential but with some commercial premises. There is also still a garage which sells vintage cars. (Apparently the mews had London’s first petrol pump just before the First World War.)
The mews is unusual in that it has a pub, the Queen’s Arms, just inside the entrance. There is a blue plaque to show that Sir Jacob Epstein, the sculptor, used to have his studio in this mews.
The houses come in many differing styles. They are a mixture of original and some post-War buildings. But there is a conformity of colour scheme, with a warm cream colour being the predominant impression. The houses seem to have larger windows than is usual in mews houses.
The houses are generally 2 or 3 storeys high. Some of the houses have facades which are stuccoed at ground floor level and bare brick at first floor level. Others are painted. Some of the houses are covered with creeper, which gives a rural and welcoming feel to the mews. Most of the houses have garages attached to them.
Queens Gate Mews
