Chalcot Crescent

Chalcot Crescent is a street in Primrose Hill, London, England.

The street has an unusually meandering and free-flowing shape for a crescent. It runs between Regent's Park Road and Sharples Hall Street. Like nearby Chalcot Square it was laid out between 1849 and 1860, with most of the development taking place around 1855.¹ Both sites occupy land that once belonged to the old Chalcot estate - the name of which gave rise to Chalk Farm. The three-story terraced houses are known for their brightly coloured stucco facades and cast-iron balconies and railings with fleur-de-lys finials.¹

The street lies within the Primrose Hill Conservation Area and most of the houses are Grade II listed.²³

The street features in the Paddington film series as the home of the Brown family (where it is renamed Windsor Gardens).⁴ The novel Chalcot Crescent by Fay Weldon is named after the street.⁵

The architect Horace Field and the photographer Harry Bedford Lemere were born on the street. The writer and national hero of the Philippines, José Rizal, lived at 37 Chalcot Crescent.⁶ The broadcaster Mary Portas lives on the street.⁷