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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Settlement and building From 1680 to 1865: Chelsea Park to Blacklands CHELSEA PARK TO BLACKLANDS The area … who intended growing mulberry trees there. 3 A large house had been built 'for nursing silkworms' by 1724 when it … from one plot which in 1865 contained the Brompton County Court, and behind it a cul-de-sac called Bucks Place with …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the late 17th century on the 4-acre site of the old manor house, belonging to the Lawrence family. In 1687 Sir Thomas … Thomas of Southwark, merchant, for 62 years the manor house with its grounds and outbuildings, and adjoining close … in the agreement suggests that development of the manor house site had been planned as a whole before work began. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… he presumably meant that using pleasure grounds to house more sober middle-class residents would augment the … to London with easy access by water or coach to the Court, the City, or place of business. Good conversation was … rather than only allowing people to walk through Burton's Court after dark, 3 was unsuccessful. 4 Though Chelsea had …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… or soon after 1670 Henry Swindell, the sub-lessee, built a house there with extensive grounds which became a well-known … on the site was called Rural Retreat and later Grove House, where Theresa Cornelys, who had once held fashionable … Lane. 4 A square was planned to lie south of the park, but this was not built. 5 Hans Town in 1795 6 Location …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… SANDY END, AND WORLD'S END LITTLE CHELSEA AND STANLEY HOUSE Section of OS 1st edition map showing the area of … end of Chelsea, from Fulham Road to the Thames and from Park Walk and Milman's Street west to the parish boundary, … who remained there until c. 1706. Just to the east was the house built by William Mart, which c. 1700 was the residence …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… The Royal Hospital from the north 1694, with Ranelagh House in distance (top left) THE ROYAL HOSPITAL The building … side the large open rectangle of land called Burton's Court, created by 1688, 3 preserved an open aspect to the … the carriage drive from the central gate across Burton's Court to the north side was linked to King's Road by the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of an open yard, let to Thomas Ferguson and including a house, mill, and iron foundry; the flour mill and stable let … in Upcerne Road in 1885. 15 In the 1890s the Ashburnham Park Nursery still fronted King's Road between Ashburnham … houses in Embankment Gardens and flats called Chelsea Court, designed by Delissa Joseph, dwarfed the Hospital, and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Chelsea and the Royal Hospital; Hans Town; Chelsea Park to Blacklands; Little Chelsea and World End. The period …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… where virtually the whole building together with Petyt House was destroyed except for the More chapel, and Soane's … year. Other buildings damaged during the war were Thurloe Court, Fulham Road, and Cranmer Court, Sloane Avenue, in … War the council had taken over half the houses in Elm Park Gardens, on the south side of Fulham Road in the former …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… was reported by a Chelsea householder who had a large house in a street of mostly very small houses, shops, and … to build in Chelsea around 1900. On the west side of Park Walk the 5-storeyed red-brick blocks of Elm Park … Hospital Road, formerly Paradise Row, nearest to Burton's Court were demolished and replaced with modern houses, …