Kynance Mews

Kynance Mews began its life as a working stable yard for the opulent mansions of Cornwall Gardens. Built between eighteen sixty-two and eighteen seventy-nine, it was originally named Cornwall Mews and functioned as a practical service alley for horse-drawn carriages and the stable hands who tended to them. The architecture you see today, specifically the three distinctive stone arches that frame the entrances, was designed by Thomas Cundy the Third and remains a protected example of Victorian-era urban planning. It was not until nineteen twenty-four that the street was renamed Kynance Mews, adopting a title inspired by the dramatic rock formations of Kynance Cove on the Cornish coast.