Bramerton Street Explained

Bramerton Street is a street in Chelsea, London. It runs roughly north to south from King's Road to Glebe Place. It was known as Caledonian Terrace until 1912.[1]

The Gateways Club, a lesbian nightclub was based on the corner with King's Road, but with its entrance in Bramerton Street from 1931 to 1985, and was the longest-surviving such club in the world.[2] [3]

The socialist politician and writer Margaret Cole and her husband G. D. H. Cole, and the writer Ford Madox Ford was a visitor in 1920.[4]

The film composer James Bernard lived at number 19 Bramerton Street with his partner Paul Dehn.[5] [6]

In the early 1960s, production designer Christopher Hobbs and author John Roman Baker occupied respectively the top floor and basement of number 14. A fictionalised record of life in the street is included in John Roman Baker's book "Time of Obsessions".

The grade II* listed West House is on the west side at the southern end of the street.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A-Z New to Old Street names. www.maps.thehunthouse.com. 26 March 2018.
  2. Book: Patsy Staddon. Women and Alcohol: Social Perspectives. 26 March 2018. 3 June 2015. Policy Press. 978-1-4473-1889-7. 140.
  3. Book: Rebecca Jennings. Tomboys and Bachelor Girls: A Lesbian History of Post-War Britain 1945-71. 26 March 2018. 6 August 2013. Oxford University Press. 978-0-7190-8992-3. 126.
  4. Book: Max Saunders. Ford Madox Ford: A Dual Life: Volume II: The After-War World. 26 March 2018. 13 September 2012. OUP Oxford. 978-0-19-966835-9. 102.
  5. Book: David Huckvale. Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde. 26 March 2018. 23 May 2008. McFarland. 978-0-7864-5166-1. 7.
  6. QueerPlaces http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/fghij/James%20Bernard.html