London SW3, Chelsea, promenades and streetscapes

Statue of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1735), by Simon Smith, in Duke of York Square.

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Chelsea Pensioner Cheltenham Terrace London SW3

Tite Street,

Chelsea, London SW3,

Promenades & Streetscapes

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Thames Embankment SW3 near Albert Bridge

Derwent Wood better known for the bronze of David for the Machine Guns Corps Memorial, Hyde Park Corner.

Promenades & Streetscapes.

Chelsea, London SW3

York Barracks now the Saatchi Gallery

London SW3

Chelsea, London SW3,

The extraordinary everyday www.bleedinglondon.co.uk/ - I'm in. Are You?

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Chelsea National Army Museum.

London SW3

Chelsea, London SW3, SW10

Promenades & Streetscapes

Promenades & Streetscapes

Cgelsea London SW3

Korean Art Exhibition

Saatchi Art Gallery,

Duke of York Square, King's Rd.,

Chelsea, SW3

London SW3 - Chelsea Physic Garden

London SW3

Chelsea Village

Promenades & Sstreetscapes

St Saviour's, Walton Place, Chelsea, SW3

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The museum tells the story of the British Army from the time of the Battle of Agincourt to the early 21st century. Admission is free. There are five permanent galleries, which are arranged chronologically:

Redcoats: The British Soldier 1415–1792

The Road to Waterloo (the Battle of Waterloo was fought in 1815)

The Victorian Soldier

From World War to Cold War

The Modern Army

The museum also stages temporary exhibitions on more specific subjects. In February 2005, the current exhibition is A Most Desperate Undertaking:The British Army in the Crimea 1854–1856.

Chelsea

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Tite Street SW3 Chelsea

NOTE: sadly, since taking this photo, this impressive ivy was removed when the builders erected their scaffolding and this corner lost its charm

London Promenades & Streetscapes,

Chelsea SW3

In POST POP: EAST MEETS WEST exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.

By Geoge Pusenkoff

Double Elvis (After Warhol), 1996

Acrylic on canvas

210 x 200 cm

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Walton Mews

Chelsea SW3

Chelsea

English Neo-Gothic

Chelsea SW3

Charles Dickens married here

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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.

Chelsea SW3

Michelin House (François Espinasse, 1911), Fulham Road SW3, Chelsea, London

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Christ Church was built by architect Edward BLORE (1787-1879) as a chapel of Ease for St Luke's. It hwas consecrated in 1839 and It became an independent church in 1880.

It was servicing a congregation of working class and lower-middle class parishioners.

Today the parish is a residential area for professional people and the houses are pitched to seven digits prices towell over 1.5 million pounds

Edward Blore was previously commissioned by William IV to take over from Nash in finishing the work on Buckingham Palace: Blore was responsible for building the East wing of the royal palace, thus enclosing the courtyard.

Blore is also famous for his work on Lambeth Palace and Westminster Abbey, as well as the building of Alubka Palace for Prince Vorontzov in the Crimea.

Chelsea Physic Garden, London, SW3

Korean Art Exhibition

Saatchi Art Gallery,

Duke of York square, King's Rd.,

Chelsea, SW3

They have another branch in Mill Hill.

Good Earth on the Randomness Guide to London.

London SW3, Chelsea,

Promenades and streetscapes

Camellia japonica

Wellington Square

King's Road

Chelsea SW3

In POST POP: EAST MEETS WEST exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery.

By Rostislav Lebedev

Oil on canvas

205 x 275 cm

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Cottage Place elevation of the former Brompton Road Underground Station (Leslie Green, opened 1906, closed 1934), Cottage Place SW3, Chelsea, London.

Rather nice outpost on King's Road of this off licence chain.

Address: 209 Kings Road.

Links:

Randomness Guide to London

Tite Street Chelsea SW3