London’s Alleys: Coach House Yard, NW3

This small covered entrance to a small Hampstead courtyard seems to have slipped through history, leaving barely a disturbance in its wake.It likely appeared as the area developed as a courtyard space behind the local shops, and you can see suggestive hints on some maps, although the earliest clear map that can be certain to show it dates from the 1890s. In those maps, it’s shown as a covered passage between shops leading to a small courtyard space behind.
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