Dummy Houses - 23-24 Leinster Gardens, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 30.755 W 000° 11.009
30U E 695430 N 5710589
A casual glance at numbers 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens would indicate that they are just another couple of houses in the terrace. Closer inspection reveals that the windows are blacked out and the doors lack letter boxes.
Waymark Code: WMMW2W
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/12/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
Views: 3

The Virtual Globetrotting website gives more information:

Leinster Gardens is a street in Bayswater, London. It has two false façades at numbers 23 & 24, constructed at the time of the original steam engine-hauled underground railway that had a short section exposed to the surface.

Locomotives were fitted with condensers to reduce fumes, but "venting off" was still needed in open-air sections to relieve the condensers and keep the tunnels free from smoke. In this upmarket area, the railway company hid this unsightly practice from residents. The false façade also maintained a continuous frontage along a prestigious terrace.

The façade is 5 feet (1.5 m) thick with 18 blackened windows. The doors have no letter boxes.

In the 1930s, a hoax was played on guests who were sold 10 Guinea tickets to a charity ball at Leinster Gardens, only to turn up in evening dress to discover the address was fake.

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