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Tite Street SW3
"John S. Sargent R.A. who was born in Florence Jan. 12 MDCCCLVI lived and worked twentyfour years in this house and died here April 15 MCMXXV."
The morning light hitting the buildings in Draycott Avenue London. The shops shown are Tartine, and Daphne's restaurants and Co Co de Mer - an upper market sex shop.
Scouts from Troop 93 in Fullerton enjoyed a day hike on snowshoes in Mammoth on Presidents' Day Weekend.
A Victorian pub, now closed. (Older photo of it from 2010, when open.) It has since been reopened as The Butcher's Tap and Grill, and then as The Chalk.
Address: 25-27 Tryon Street (formerly Keppel Street).
Owner: Stonegate Pub Company; TCG Acquisitions (former); Tattershall Castle Group (former); Punch Taverns [Spirit Group] (former); Courage (former); Barclay Perkins (former).
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Pubs History (history)
St Luke's, Chelsea was consecrated in 1824, one of the first neo-Gothic churches to be built in England. It was built because the original parish church, now known as Chelsea Old Church, was regarded as too small for the increasing population. Its architect was James Savage, one of the foremost contemporary authorities on mediaeval architecture. The tower, at 43m (142ft) high, is one of the great landmarks of Chelsea. The nave, 60 ft. in height, is the tallest of any parish church in London.
The Architect was James Savage, one of the foremost authorities on medieval architecture of his time and the church has a grandeur of conception and a great attention to detail. It is built of Bath stone and the resemblance to Kings College Chapel in Cambridge is quite striking. On the exterior the flying buttresses and the pinnacles along the parapets give an added feeling of height.
The interior was laid out, although in a building of Gothic style, in the traditional 18th century way of a preaching house, with enormous pulpit and pews everywhere and a diminutive altar. This arrangement was altered in the late 19th century to substantially what it looks like today. Indeed the present late 19th century rearrangement actually fits the length of the building better than the original “preaching house” concept.
The East Window was put in in 1959 to replace an older one destroyed during the Second World War. It was designed by Hugh Easton and is in honour of The Trinity and The Church, and features many emblems of the saints. A plan is in the Church Guide Book. The total area of the window is over 500 square feet.
The Coat of Arms
Above the west door the arms are of George IV and the arms of the Kingdom of Hanover are superimposed on the British royal arms.
The Organ
This fine instrument was built by John Compton in 1932, and incorporates some of the original 1824 organ. The organ of St. Luke’s served as the prototype for the organs at Broadcasting House and Downside Abbey.
The Reredos Painting behind the altar
This painting, which was placed in the church soon after it was built, depicts the deposition of Christ from the cross, and is by James Northcote (1746-1831) who was well known as a portrait painter.
The Sculptures either side of the high altar.
The two large sculptures in the niches are representative of Adam and Eve at the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. The two figures bow their heads in shame for their disobedience to God. The figure of Adam is carved from Imperial Porphyry and Eve from Hammamat Brecchia. These modern sculptures were installed in 1997, and are the work of Stephen Cox who also has work in the Tate Gallery.
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Interestingly this is a double sided box so mail can be posted from both inside and outside the gates of the Royal Hospital. Is this unique?
this is a 'cul-de-sac' in 'village Chelsea' with 19th c artisan houses which have been gentrified in the second half of the 20th c. Surprisingly all houses have four levels 9to include basement and attci) and a small gardn at the back.
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Interestingly this is a double sided box so mail can be posted from both inside and outside the gates of the Royal Hospital. Is this unique?
Paultons Square
Chelsea, London SW3
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Paultons Square is Grade II listed and features stucco on the ground floor and cornices, arched ground floor windows and wrought iron balconies. The western row of terraces facing the Kings Road was called Stanley Terrace, and still retains the plaque ‘Stanley Terrace 1840’. During the 1960s it was threatened with demolition, but fortunately was saved through a London County Council preservation order.
Paultons Square has been described as ‘one of the most gracious of Chelsea squares’ and has been preserved as a complete late Georgian Square. In 1961, shortly after it had received a preservation order, former president of the Royal Academy, Sir Albert Richardson, described Paultons Square as “practically unspoilt and constitutes one of the most pleasant features in the district”.
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this was a wonderful pub full of charm especially because it was not tarted up and had genuinely local patrons and a friendly atmosphere. The chorister of St Luke's church opposite were reputed to use the Wellington as their watering hole.
Walton Mews
Chelsea SW3
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Intermission, in the parish church of St Saviour's, London SW3 1SA, has a variety of dynamic spaces for worship, performances, exhibitions, workshops and meetings.
Intermission is a faith community that goes beyond the walls of St Saviour's. It is a community of Christian performers, writers and artists committed to the deepening understanding of God through Arts Media.
Within the space they are invited to worship, inspire and entertain through the creativity of God.
Intermission hosts a rolling monthly exhibition as well as inviting others from the world of theatre, music, media, dance and the visual arts.
We warmly welcome any Christian within Arts Media interested to participate in the life of Intermission. Please contact the Acting Vicar, the Rev'd Ed Olsworth-Peter.
The Rev'd Ed Olsworth-Peter is also the Acting Vicar for St Simon Zelotes Church in Milner Street. You can visit their web site by clicking here.
Chelsea SW3.
The confusing bit about orientation in London is typical in this area: not only Cadogan Gardens runs in all azimuths without changing the name, but at this point, as indicated on the sign post, but quite unexpectedly and without changing direction Gadogan Gardens changes name half way through to Cadogan Street.
Had the Germans invaded Chelsea, they might have got confused.
Chelsea Physic garden,
Chelsea, London SW3
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John Lindley, (born Feb. 5, 1799, Catton, Northumberland, Eng.—died Nov. 1, 1865, London), British botanist whose attempts to formulate a natural system of plant classification greatly aided the transition from the artificial (considering the characters of single parts) to the natural system (considering all characters of a plant).
In 1819 Lindley arrived in London where, with the help of the botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker, he obtained a position as an assistant librarian. In 1822 he became garden assistant secretary at the Horticultural Society for which, in 1830, he organized the first flower shows to be held in England.
Photo: Thomas Hegna
Photos from Stevie Wonder's concert is the property of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and cannot be republished without permission from the performing artist.
London SW3, Chelsea,
Promenades &Streetscapes
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Bricks and more bricks: what is so extraordinary in this wall is not only the variety of different coloured-bricks, varying from pale yellow to dark grey/black, but also the various laying-out method and the mixture of industrial-made bricks with hand-made bricks. Often a building's side elevation is more telling of the construction history, affected by demolition of the adjacent house, or maybe restoration or even bomb destruction, during WWII. All these required part reconstruction with new or reclaimed materials, not entirely but limited to a minimum, for lack of money: a kind of make-do compromise. Mind you, the street main elevation is always treated with greatest attention to the unifying look of the brick colour and texture.
London SW3
Promenades & Streetscapes
Reading this trash tabloiid in a pub, at lunchtime...
It covers a recent TV documentary about Romanian gypsy gangs exploiting beggar children in Britain/ With the proceeds from the beggary they build ridiculous-looking palazzos back in Romania... they are abusing the social system in Britain whilst everywhere else they are a law to themselves.