Hesper Mews

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Hesper Mews runs west of Laverton Place and also has a small, hidden, entrance at the western end of Bramham Gardens. It is an interesting mews in that it is split into a series of three-sided courtyards. It is cobbled and the houses are quite large by mews standards. There are attractive street lamps on the corner of each courtyard and it is an attractive little backwater.

Hesper Mews contains the finest mews properties on the Gunter estate and was laid out with unusually generous proportions between 1884 and 1885. The land was parcelled out to several builders so a variety of designs was the result.

Joseph Mears constructed Nos. 1-17 (odd) and 30-34 (even) in 1884-5. Peto Brothers built Nos. 2-18 (even). Nos. 20-28 (even) were the work of William Willett, builder with H B Measures as his architect. James Whitaker built Nos. 36-40 (even).