Jun 10, 2022
At Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk ..
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At Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk ..
Cheyne Walk
London has had, and continues to have, a huge number of celebrity residents. Most residential streets in the centre of the capital are likely to have a least one blue plaque to commemorate a famous face who lived – or died – at a certain address. There is one street though that seems to have been home to a disproportionate number of notable people. For over 300 years, Cheyne Walk in Chelsea has seen artists, musicians, politicians, writers, and many others come and go, earning it 10 blue plaques.
The blue plaque hunter may have trouble finding them all though. The eastern end of the street, set back from the Victoria Embankment, is quiet and provides a pleasant stroll, though only a couple of blue plaques can be seen. The majority are towards the western end – a busier section right next to the embankment, and also where many of the current residents have installed higher walls and fences to prevent the general public from peeping in, obscuring several plaques in the process.
The full list of notable residents is far too long to give here, but the more familiar are likely to be: Keith Richards (No. 3), George Eliot (No. 4), David Lloyd George (No. 6), Ralph Vaughan Williams (No. 13), Elizabeth Taylor (No. 22), Bram Stoker (No. 27), James Clerk Maxwell (No. 41), Mick Jagger (No. 48), Marc and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (No. 98, now incorporated into No. 100), J. M. W. Turner and Ronnie Wood (both No. 119, though not at the same time!), Sylvia Pankhurst (No. 120) and T. S. Eliot and Ian Fleming (Carlyle Mansions).
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Bedroom at Tudor House, 16 Cheyne Walk
Henry Treffry Dunn, 1872
The Rossetti Family photographed by Lewis Carroll on October 7, 1863
From left to right are: Dante Gabriel, Christina, their mother Frances Rossetti and William Michael
Paul Fordyce Maitland (1863–1909), Cheyne Walk in Sunshine, 1887–88. oil on canvas, 35.5 x 30.5 cm
‘According to Victoria Press, the golden rule of good decoration is to “just shut up and stay put. If you learn to listen, the house will give you cues to what needs to be done.”’
Victoria Press’s Blithe Spirit.
Victoria Press in a Louis XV chaise at 4, Cheyne Walk, Henry Bourne for T Magazine.
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went on a really amazing bus tour today and saw Edith Grove, as well as Mick's and Keith's places on Cheyne Walk that they lived in in the late 60s/70s but the coolest thing actually was going to the Troubadour club, we even could stand on the stage (in the room where Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix played) and there was a leftover setlist from whatever band played there last night xD