Elm Park Mansions Explained

Elm Park Mansions
Building Type:Residential buildings
Address:26-60 Park Walk
Location Town:Chelsea, London
Location Country:United Kingdom
Completion Date:c. 1900

Elm Park Mansions is a row of historic residential buildings in Chelsea, London, U.K.

History

The land belonged to Major Sloane Stanley by 1900.[1] Around that time, Stanley leased it to the Metropolitan Industrial Dwellings Company, who built five-storey red-brick buildings along 26-60 Park Walk and called them Elm Park Mansions.[1]

In 1900, The Soldiers' and Sailors' Families Association rented twelve suites of rooms in Elm Park Mansions to accommodate officers' widows and unmarried daughters.[2]

The satirist and playboy William Donaldson lived at 139 Elm Park Mansions in the 1970s-1980s.[3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Book: A History of the County of Middlesex. 2004. Victoria County History. London. 79–90. British History Online. 12.
  2. Web site: Our History . ssafa.org.uk . SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity . 27 September 2021.
  3. Book: Goldman . Lawrence. Blacker. Terence. Donaldson (Charles) William. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. 2013. Oxford University Press. Oxford, U.K.. 9780199671540. 322. https://books.google.com/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&q=%22Elm+Park+Mansions%22+chelsea&pg=PA322.