Glebe Place
Glebe Place is a street in Chelsea, London. It runs roughly north to south from King's Road to the crossroads with Upper Cheyne Row, where it becomes Cheyne Row, leading down to Cheyne Walk and the River Thames. It also has a junction with Bramerton Street.
Contents
1 Notable buildings
2 Notable Residents
3 References
4 External links
Notable buildings
36, 37 and 38 Glebe Place, an early to mid-19th century terrace are grade II listed houses.[1]
50 Glebe Place looks much older, but was actually built between 1985-87 for the advertiser Frank Lowe[2] and described in The London Compendium as a folly.[3]
Glebe House, with a Georgian facade, but completely rebuilt inside, contains 13 artworks commissioned from the Georgian artist Tamara Kvesitadze.[4]
West House is a Queen Anne revival house at 35 Glebe Place, built in 1868–69 by the architect Philip Webb, on behalf of the artist George Price Boyce.
Notable Residents
Several artists have had studios in the street, including Augustus John and Winifred Nicholson.[4]
Others have also lived here.
No.1
- Francis Bacon
No.3
- David Jones (artist-poet)
- Tom Burns (publisher)
No.10
Dora Meeson Also at No.52
George James Coates. Also at No.52
No.12
- Paul Robeson
No.18
- Vivienne Bennett
No.19
- Vera Brittain
- Winifred Holtby
- Elliott Seabrooke
- Sir George Catlin (political scientist)
Shirley Williams,Baroness Williams
No.25
- Constant Lambert
- George Washington Lambert
No.26
- George Henry (painter)
No.27 Fontana Studios
- Alfred Egerton Cooper
- Leonard Jennings
- Francis Derwent Wood
No.30
- Will Dyson
- Ruby Lindsay
No.35 West_House,_Chelsea
- George Price Boyce
- James Guthrie (artist)
- Edward Arthur Walton
No.36
- Antonia White
No.39 Key House
- Maxwell Armfield
No.40 ,also Key House
Conrad Dressler. Also kept studios at No.45 Cedar Studios
No.49
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
No.52
- Glyn Philpot
- E. H. Shepard
No. 53 Glebe Studios
- Walter Sickert
- Sir William Rothenstein
No.61
- Frederick Henry Townsend
No.64
- William McMillan
- Sir Alfred Munnings
No.66
- Sir Anton Dollo
No.69 Turner Studios
- Frank Lynn Jenkins
No.70
- Mervyn Peake
References
^ Historic England. "36, 37 and 38 Glebe Place SW3 (Grade II) (1190838)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Tim Bell; David Hopper (30 June 2015). Right Or Wrong: The Memoirs of Lord Bell. Bloomsbury USA. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4729-0935-0.
^ Glinert, Ed. (2012) The London Compendium: A street-by-street exploration of the hidden metropolis. 2nd edition. London: Penguin Books. p. 447
ISBN 9780718192044
^ ab Hayes, Kat (6 September 2015). "The £14m Chelsea art house with a fish tank wall between dining room and loo". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
External links
Media related to Glebe Place, Chelsea at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 51°29′8.46″N 0°10′11.59″W / 51.4856833°N 0.1698861°W / 51.4856833; -0.1698861
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