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Kenilworth Court

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History
Notable residents
Popular culture
References
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Kenilworth Court, in Putney, London, consists of eight purpose-built blocks of flats. Built in Edwardian style, the blocks were completed in 1904-1905. Kenilworth Court contains four postcodes, SW15 1EN, SW15 1EW, SW15 1HA and SW15 1HB.

Kenilworth Court contains 150 flats, with a garden in the middle. The court is portered, and there is residents parking inside the court.

With up to 1 Gigabytes per second fiber optic internet access (through Hyperoptic), Kenilworth Court currently has one of the fastest residential broadband access in the UK.

History

Kenilworth Court was built as rented family accommodation.

In a series of transactions between the mid-1950s and early 1970s, residents were able to acquire individual leases and eventually, as a body, the residents secured the freehold of the overall property. Since that time, Kenilworth Court has been run by the controlling company, Kenilworth Court Co-ownership Housing Association Ltd (or KCCHA). This company is wholly owned by leaseholders.

The current garden contained a tennis court prior to World War II, and was used for growing vegetables during the war.

Notable residents

Cyril Power (1872-1951) was an English artist who co-founded The Grosvenor School Of Modern Art in London.
William Cooper (1910-2002) was an English novelist.
Gavin Ewart (1916-1995) was a British poet.
Jaroslav Drobný (1921-2001) was a World No. 1 amateur tennis champion
Carol II (1893-1953) reigned as King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until 6 September 1940. He lived in Flat 113 Kenilworth Court (using Flat 112 Kenilworth Court for his retinue) while in London.
Hugh Gater Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Putney (1908-2004) was a British politician, campaigner and Labour Party member of Parliament and the House of Lords.
Fred Russell (1862-1957) was an English ventriloquist. Usually credited as being the first to use a knee-sitting figure, he is known as "The Father of Modern Ventriloquism". He lived in Flat 71, Kenilworth Court, between 1914 and 1926.^[1]

Popular culture

Kenilworth Court has featured in a number of movies, TV series and adverts

New Tricks: Season 9, Episode 9: "Part of a Whole" (22 October 2012).^[2]
All the Colors of the Dark (1972) movie.^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/russell-fred-1862-1957-a.k.a.-thomas-frederick-parnell |title=RUSSELL, Fred (1862-1957) a.k.a. Thomas Frederick Parnell |publisher=English Heritage |date=2009-09-21 |accessdate=2014-01-05}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2128052/|title=New Tricks: Season 9, Episode 9 : Part of a Whole (22 October 2012)|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2014-03-01}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069390/|title=All the Colors of the Dark (1972) |publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=2014-03-01}}

External links

Official site of Kenilworth Court

1 : Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Wandsworth

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