Belsize Lane is a street in the

Belsize Park Belsize Park is a residential area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, in the Inner London, inner North West London, north-west of London, England. The residential streets are lined with Georgian and Victorian villas and mews houses. ...

area of

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, located mainly in the London Borough of Camden, with a small part in the London Borough of Barnet. It borders Highgate and Golders Green to the north, Belsiz ...

in London. Located in the

London Borough of Camden The London Borough of Camden () is a London boroughs, borough in Inner London, England. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the former Metropolitan boroughs of the Cou ...

, it runs east to west from

Haverstock Hill Haverstock is an area of the London Borough of Camden: specifically the east of Belsize Park, north of Chalk Farm and west of Kentish Town. It is centred on Queens Crescent and Malden Road. Gospel Oak is to the north, Camden Town to the south. ...

Fitzjohns Avenue Fitzjohns Avenue is a street in Hampstead, England. Located in the London Borough of Camden it runs northwards from College Crescent (near to Swiss Cottage tube station on the Finchley Road) to join and become Heath Street in Hampstead Village ...

. While residential for much of the route, it also features a group of commercial properties that form the centre of Belsize Village. The

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is located at its western end. It is one of the oldest roads in the area, dating back to the period when the area was largely rural and dominated by the

Belsize House Belsize House was a historic residence in Belsize Park in what is today the London Borough of Camden. It was a country estate located south of Hampstead, which was then some distance away from the outskirts of the capital. History An Elizabe ...

estate. The route is significantly older than streets immediately to its south such as

Belsize Park Gardens Belsize Park Gardens is a street in the Belsize Park area of Hampstead in London. Located in the London Borough of Camden, it is residential street featuring white stucco Victorian era buildings. It runs roughly southeastwards from Belsize Aven ...

Belsize Avenue Belsize Avenue is a street in the Belsize Park area of Hampstead. Located in the London Borough of Camden, it runs from Haverstock Hill westwards to a junction with Belsize Terrace and Belsize Park Gardens. It is the former carriageway approach ...

and Belsize Square which were only laid out after Belsize House was pulled down and redeveloped in 1853. The Belsize Tunnel, constructed by the

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in the 1860s, passes underneath the street. Near the eastern end of the street is Hunter's Lodge, a white

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and ...

cottage designed by Joseph Parkinson in 1810 which is now

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. Closer to the western end numbers 79–93, a terrace of mid-nineteenth-century stucco houses, are also listed. Number 34 is a single storey studio house built in 1975-6 which the architect

Georgie Wolton Georgie Wolton (née Cheesman; February 1934 – 25 August 2021) was a British architect, an original member of the architecture firm Team 4. Critic Jonathan Meades describes her as the "outstanding woman architect of the generation before Zaha ...

designed for herself and her family, it was listed in October 2023. Outside the Tavistock Clinic is a statue of Sigmund Freud by

Oscar Nemon Oscar Nemon (born Oscar Neumann; 13 March 1906 – 13 April 1985) was a Croatian sculptor who was born in Osijek, Croatia, but eventually settled in England. He is best known for his series of more than a dozen public statues of Winston Churchill ...

References

Bibliography

* Bebbington, Gillian. ''London Street Names''. Batsford, 1972. * Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''London 4: North''. Yale University Press, 2002. * Wade, Christopher. ''The Streets of Belsize''. Camden History Society, 1991. Streets in the London Borough of Camden Hampstead Belsize Park {{London-road-stub