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Kendall Place
Kendall Place is a short residential passage in Marylebone, tucked behind the main street frontages on the Portman Estate. It carries the postcode W1U and runs for approximately 79 metres, connecting through a block that was developed in the 1770s as part of the estate's systematic expansion northward from Oxford Street.
The passage was originally developed as a service lane behind a terrace of houses, providing rear access for stables and horses at a time when coach and carriage were an everyday part of life for the households it served. In its earliest form it was known as Kendall's Mews, and the name reflects the typical Portman Estate pattern of naming subsidiary passages after individuals connected to the estate's administration or development rather than after grander historical figures.
The renaming from Kendall's Mews to Kendall Place occurred at some point in the 1950s, a change that may be associated with the financial pressures on the 8th Viscount Portman, who was obliged to sell a substantial portion of the estate in 1951 to meet death duties. Estate reorganisation of that period affected the character and naming of several ancillary passages.
The original mews buildings have since been replaced by residential blocks. The passage retains a modest, workaday character, and has attracted interest as a Marylebone alley that may have inspired fictional references in the Sherlock Holmes stories. It is a short walk from Marylebone High Street.
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