Articles

In the beginning was the much smaller Bayswater Chapel, built to serve local residents when Bayswater was first developed by Edward Orme.

The population grew at an explosive rate and a much larger church was needed. Read More…

There is a major proposal to renovate the old dairy at 31 St Petersburgh Place, recently a marketing suite for the Whiteley, home to a Guillam Coffee house and a private office tenant.

The building’s new owner proposes to make it a high quality permanent home for their worldwide operations. Guillam and the office tenant will remain in place for the medium term. Read more…

47 Palace Court, which at the time of writing is undergoing conversion by FNFC Architects into four flats, was built in 1888-89 for the Meynell family.

The Meynells, Alice and Wilfrid, were important figures in the London literary world, as were some of their children.

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Westminster planning application: 25/03223/FULL While just outside the BRA area, on the opposite side of the road from the Whiteley’s development, this is a major proposal that will dramatically change … Read More

Sainsburys redevelopment (April 2025) This development site is large and encompasses 86 to 96 Westbourne Grove, Hereford Mews and 28 to 38 Hereford Road The proposals, as illustrated above, would … Read More

Development proposals at Dukes Court, corner of Queensway and Moscow Road – Westminster planning application ref: 24/08764/FULL – Link Here Westminster City Council recently rejected development proposals at Dukes Court, … Read More

The 2024 AGM of the Bayswater Residents’ Association took place on 5th June at College Park School. Garway Road. You can read the minutes of the AGM by following this … Read More

Part 1 – Origins to the 19th Century What’s in a Name? While Geoffrey de Mandeville, one of the Norman Conquerors, owned the land south of what is now Bayswater … Read More

Hot on the heels of some wonderful photographs of our area, Mik Laver has also provided a fascinating article on the architecture which appeared around St Petersburgh Place following the … Read More

The original set of images were all taken on a single day, but we now have an additional set from Mik Laver which capture some great scenes from the BRA … Read More

The BRA committee is very pleased to welcome Mik Laver to the Committee. Mik Laver, born and raised in London, now lives in St Petersburgh Place, having spent a large … Read More

We’ve been and out about in the BRA area taking photographs. You can see them on a dedicated gallery page via this link. Over the coming months and years we’ll … Read More

We could explain the boundaries that define the BRA area, but it’s so much easier to look at a image. Follow this link to view a pair of aerial views … Read More

We’ve put together a whole new website and we have a lot planned for it. Right now there are just a few pages, but we’ll adding and expanding quite a … Read More