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Mews
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I'm reading a book which mentions mews in London. I'm not familiar with this term but have looked it up to find it means stables. Can anybody tell me how stables became a posh area of London? very curious....
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Space is at a premium in London. Garages hold their price too.
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There still is a mews at Buckingham Palace where all the carriages are kept. It is open to the public. I've been there.
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I believe Emma Peel lived in a mews cottage in The Avengers.
The attraction of these will have been - small in size but central; not an apartment but a whole property; likely to have been connected to the mains when they were servants' accommodation, so easy to do up. Many of these were lock-up garages until central London property prices soared post-war.
The attraction of these will have been - small in size but central; not an apartment but a whole property; likely to have been connected to the mains when they were servants' accommodation, so easy to do up. Many of these were lock-up garages until central London property prices soared post-war.
Have a look here Cocc, I wouldn't sniff at one :)
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The origin of the expression is interesting, from Related Posts... http://
My maternal grandparents lived in a Mews near London Zoo, in the 40's and fifties. This was in effect the chauffeurs home, which by the time I was born, was over a garage, rather than a stable. There was nothing "posh" about these places...far from it, they were low grade, damp homes. But now, 60-odd years later, these places fetch huge sums of money and are now full of yuppies !
