Church Row, Hampstead
Nairn was critical of the number of parked cars and felt that the trees that run down in the middle of Church Row broke up the space of the street.
[3] Anne Thackeray described the street as 'an avenue of Dutch ed-faced houses leading demurely to the old church tower that stands guarding its graves in the flowery churchyard'.
Six lime trees were planted in the mid 19th century, of which only one still stands, at the furthest end from the church.
[5] Gardnor Mansions dominates the top part of Church Row by Heath Street.
[6] Norris describes Gardnor Mansions as a "dull block of flats" that "[breaks] the harmony of the north side".
5 in contrast to its red brick neighbours on Church Row is described in its NHLE listing as "an important element in the picturesque composition" of the street.
12 with its attached railings, gate, and lamp holder is listed Grade II, it adjoins the graveyard extension of St Johns.
Eve is shown arriving at her parents house on Church Row in Alfred Hitchcock's 1950 film Stage Fright.
[31] Diane Keaton walked along Church Row and other nearby streets in the 2017 film Hampstead.
[32] Scenes from the 2019 BBC miniseries of A Christmas Carol were filmed on Church Row and the churchyard of St. John's in 2019.
[37] In August 1909, in the first year of the family's occupation, Wells's daughter with Amber Reeves, a 21-year-old student, and future feminist writer, was born.
[36] A frequent visitor to Wells at the house was George Bernard Shaw who recommended that he purchase a pianola, which he duly did.
The kitchen was in the basement of the house and Cook's wife, Wendy, would prepare dinner parties that would attract many notable people of the 1960s including John Bird, Eleanor Bron, John Cleese, Michael Foot, Bernard Levin, Victor Lownes, Malcolm Muggeridge, Charlotte Rampling, Willie Rushton, Peter Sellers, Cat Stevens, Ken Tynan and Peter Ustinov.
[38] Frequent visitors to Cook at the house included John and Cynthia Lennon and Paul McCartney.
[39] Nicholas Luard recalled a dinner party with an eclectic mix of guests including the actors Tom Courtney, and Peter O'Toole, the poet Christopher Logue, fashion designer Mary Quant and the boxer Terry Downes.
[41] Malvina Cheek shared a house on Church Row with fellow artist Olive Cook in the late 1940s.
[46] Anna Laetitia Barbauld, the writer and poet lived on Church Row in the early 1800s, though it is not known exactly which house she occupied.
[47] The local builder and property developer Charles Bean King lived on Church Row during his construction of 16-22 Christchurch Hill and 15 and 17 Well Walk in the 1870s.
