Glebe Place
Glebe Place is a street in Chelsea, London. It runs roughly north to south from King's Road to the crossroads with , where it becomes Cheyne Row, leading down to Cheyne Walk and the River Thames. It also has a junction with Bramerton Street. The street was known as Cook's Ground for some period up to the mid-nineteenth century.[1]
Notable buildings[]
36, 37 and 38 Glebe Place, an early to mid-19th century terrace are grade II listed houses.[2]
50 Glebe Place looks much older, but was actually built between 1985 and 1987 for the advertiser Frank Lowe[3] and described in The London Compendium as a folly.[4]
Glebe House, with a Georgian facade, but completely rebuilt inside, contains 13 artworks commissioned from the Georgian artist Tamara Kvesitadze.[5]
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.[5] Others have also lived here.
No.1
No.3
No.10
- Dora Meeson Also at No.52
- George James Coates. Also at No.52
No.12
No.18
No.19
- Vera Brittain with her friend Phyllis Bentley in 1935
- Winifred Holtby
- Sir George Catlin (political scientist)
- Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams
No.25
No.26
No.27 Fontana Studios
No.30
- Will Dyson
- Ruby Lindsay
- R O Morris
No.35 West House, Chelsea
No.36
No.39 Key House
No.40, also Key House
- Conrad Dressler. Also kept studios at No.45 Cedar Studios
No.44
No.45, Cedar Studios
No.49
No.52
No. 53 Glebe Studios
- Walter Sickert (before 1894)
- Sir William Rothenstein (1890-1901)
No. 55 Glebe Studios
- Sir Sidney Nolan Australian modernist painter
No.61
- Frederick Henry Townsend
No.64
No.66
- Anton Dollo
No.69 Turner Studios
No.70
References[]
- ^ "Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening, Volume 34, p148". 1878. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "36, 37 and 38 Glebe Place SW3 (Grade II) (1190838)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ . (2012) The London Compendium: A street-by-street exploration of the hidden metropolis. 2nd edition. London: Penguin Books. p. 447 ISBN 9780718192044
- ^ a b Hayes, Kat (6 September 2015). "The £14m Chelsea art house with a fish tank wall between dining room and loo". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. 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
- Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Chelsea, London