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Street-by-Street: Chelsea
1 King’s Road
Chelsea has been fashionable since Tudor times, In the 1960s and
when Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII’s Lord 1970s this was the
Chancellor, lived here. Artists and writers were boutique-lined
centre of fashion-
attracted to its scenery before a busy main road able London, and R O A D
disturbed its peace. Chelsea’s artistic connection is still a main
was maintained by upscale galleries and antique shopping street.
shops, many of which have closed due to a rise in K I N G ’ S
rents. Enclaves of 18th-century houses preserve a
genteel atmosphere.
2 Carlyle’s House
The historian and
philosopher lived here from
1834 until his death in 1882.

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4 Roper’s Garden
This features a sculpture
by Jacob Epstein who Key
had a studio here.
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Thomas More, sculpted
in 1969 by L Cubitt Bevis, 0 metres 100
gazes calmly across the
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