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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.
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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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.
London Chelsea SW3, Cadogan Estate,
King's Road, York Place, York Barracks
Saatchi Gallery, Russian Art 1960s-1980s
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.