Chelsea Manor Street is a street in Chelsea, London. It runs roughly north to south from Britten Street, crossing King's Road to St Loo Avenue. The southern continuation, Cheyne Gardens ends at Cheyne Walk.
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It was originally called Manor Street.[1]
In 1931, the Peabody Trust built the Chelsea Manor Street estate of eight blocks totalling 111 flats, designed by Victor Wilkins.[2] Following modernisation in the 1970s, there are now 103 flats.[2]
The designers Edward McKnight Kauffer and Marion Dorn lived at Swan Court, Chelsea Manor Street, and this is commemorated by a blue plaque placed by English Heritage in 2015.[3] The actress Sybil Thorndike and her husband, the actor and director Lewis Casson, lived there for many years, and she died there in 1976.[4]
Chesil Court, an Art Deco block, was home to Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford and Elizabeth Longford, who had a "wholly unpretentious" flat there.[5]
References
edit- ^ "A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea". Victoria County History. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ a b "History of our estates: Chelsea Manor Street". Peabody. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Kauffer, McKnight Edward, (1890-1954) & Dorn, Marion, (1896-1964)". English Heritage. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Croall, p. 529
- ^ STRONG, SIR ROY (2017). SPLENDOURS AND MISERIES : the roy strong diaries, 1967-87. [Place of publication not identified]: WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON. p. 137. ISBN 978-1474605335. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
Sources
edit- Croall, Jonathan (2008). Sybil Thorndike: A Star of Life. London: Haus. ISBN 978-1-905791-92-7.
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