If you are the type of person that loves visual tours of various homes, Robert Lordan of RobsLondon has got you covered. This latest tour is centered around No.10 Hyde Park Place. For those who are unaware, this is known as the smallest house in all of London. “London’s smallest house can be found on Bayswater Road- 10 Hyde Park Place, W2 to be exact…. but what’s the story behind it?” the description reads!
The tiny residence is located on Bayswater Road and is not too far from the Lancaster Gate Tube Station. The history of the home is mysterious. While there are some who are of the belief that the house’s close proximity to the cemetery makes it the perfect watch house, there are others who feel differently. Others think that this is the servants’ quarters.
What we’re talking about here is a path that led to St. George’s Burial Ground, which is now St. George’s Fields. This old graveyard’s proximity raises the possibility that the small structure was built as a watch-house from which an alert warden could keep an eye out for bodysnatchers. Additionally, a Miss Jubb- who lived at number 9 as a maid’s residence and blessed the annexe with a door number, may have built the home.
Lordan explains in the video how it evolved into its own home. Rumors abound about this house, many of which are legendary. Some of the rationalizations offered here are so absurd that you’ll be hard-pressed to believe them. A Scrooge-like miser, who had an inheritance, built the house, according to the first of these, but there was one strange condition he had to follow in order to get his hands on it.”
In this case, he was required to use some of the money to build a house in London. An old man who lived here long before anyone else and was happy with his cozy little cottage refused to move when larger properties began to encroach, and that’s how the tiny little building ended up being squeezed in between,” he went on to say.
Many people have come up with these hypotheses, and they make perfect sense to us. The nuns of the Tyburn Convent have now taken over the house. It is now used as a quiet retreat in modern times! You won’t want to miss this fascinating video: