Harley Gardens
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14 Harley Gardens, home to Frank Dobson
Harley Gardens is a residential street in Chelsea, London SW10. It runs roughly north to south from to , parallel to the west of Drayton Gardens, and lies just north of Fulham Road.
History and architecture[]
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Harley Gardens (centre) on an 1890s Ordnance Survey map
Harley Gardens was built from 1851, mostly of semi-detached brick houses. Pevsner notes the "oddly undulating acanthus leaves" decorating their porch capitals. Numbers 9-14 were built in 1861–63 in a grander style and are "a richly dressed symmetrical terrace with bracketed main cornice below a parapet punctuated by urns."[1]
Notable buildings and residents[]
The sculptor Frank Dobson (1886–1963) lived at no 14, and is commemorated with a blue plaque.[2]
References[]
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Bridget Cherry. (2002). The Buildings of England: London 3: North West. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. p. 550. ISBN 0300096526.
- ^ "DOBSON, Frank (1886-1963) - English Heritage". www.english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
External links[]
Media related to Harley Gardens at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 51°29′15.52″N 0°10′52.65″W / 51.4876444°N 0.1812917°W
Categories:
- Chelsea, London
- Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- London road stubs