Harrington Gardens

It is crossed by Ashburn Place and joined by Colbeck Mews on its north side.

In March 1954, Kenneth Gilbert (22) and Ian Grant (24), porters at the Aban Court Hotel at no 25, killed their colleague 55-year old night porter George Smart, and on 17 June 1954, they became the UK's last side-by-side execution when they were hanged at HM Prison Pentonville.

[1] After a long era in which double hangings were normal for partners in crime, the Homicide Act 1957 ended the practice, making hangings simultaneous, but at separate prisons.

[1] Until early November 1959, the American poet Theodore Roethke lived at the Alwin Court Hotel in nearby Gloucester Road and then the Aban Court Hotel, but "did not like the accommodations at either one".

The small Gloucester Park is midway along the street on the north side.

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Map of the Harrington Gardens area