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The old Chelsea Manor House Swan Court on Chelsea Manor Street, site of Chelsea Manor. Chelsea Manor House was once the demesne of the main manor of the medieval parish now roughly commensurate with the district of Chelsea, London. It was a residence acquired by Henry VIII of England in 1536, and was the site of two subsequent houses. Today ...
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. It was originally called Manor Street. [1] In 1931, the Peabody Trust built the Chelsea Manor Street estate of eight blocks totalling 111 ...
Chelsea Manor was served by the ancient parish of Chelsea. (Such parish units were typically in place by the end of the twelfth century with their boundaries, based on those of the constituent manor or manors, rarely if ever changing. [15]) The manor and parish formed part of the Ossulstone Hundred of the county of Middlesex.
Cheyne Walk takes its name from William Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven who owned the manor of Chelsea until 1712. [2] Most of the houses were built in the early 18th century. Before the construction in the 19th century of the busy Chelsea Embankment, which now runs in front of it, the houses fronted the River Thames.
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto Chelsea Manor Gardens; the central section of three bays featured three windows above which there was a large Venetian window flanked by huge Ionic order pilasters supporting a pediment. [1] A cupola with a dome and weather vane was erected at roof level. [1]
The ancient parish was originally dedicated to All Saints, but by the late 17th century it had been rededicated to St Luke.It was in the Diocese of London.In 1824 a new parish church was built in the centre of the parish, it was also dedicated to St Luke and the original parish church became a chapel-at-ease known as All Saints, Chelsea or Chelsea Old Church. [1]
Chelsea Manor: Chelsea: Princess Elizabeth; Anne of Cleves (1536–1547, c. 1547–1557) Chesterfield House: Westminster London home of Princess Mary (1923–1937) – owned by Harewood Estates Crosby Hall: Chelsea Richard, Duke of Gloucester (mid-late 15th century) [10] Cumberland House: Pall Mall
The Benjamin Moore Estate, also known as Chelsea, is a historic estate located at Muttontown in Nassau County, New York. It was designed in 1923–1924 by architect William Adams Delano (1874–1960) for Benjamin Moore and Alexandra Emery. The manor house is an eclectic Chinese and French Renaissance style inspired dwelling.