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Mallord Street
13 Mallord Street, Grade II listed, has a blue plaque commemorating the author A. A. Milne
LocationChelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Postal codeSW3
Nearest metro stationSouth Kensington tube station
Other
Known forEdwardian architecture, with several Grade II listed buildings and notable former residents
10 Mallord Street, where the sculptor and artist John Francis Kavanagh lived
Chelsea's former telephone exchange is at 19 Mallord Street
28 Mallord Street has a blue plaque commemorating the artist Augustus John

Mallord Street is a street in London, England in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It was named after Joseph Mallord William Turner who had lived in Chelsea. There are no other streets named Mallord Street in Great Britain.[1]

Mallord Street is parallel to the King's Road and runs from Old Church Street to The Vale. It was created in 1909 when The Vale was extended northwards, and Mallord Street and Mulberry Street were added to link it with Old Church Street.[2]

Nine of the houses in the street are Grade II listed buildings[3][4][5][6] and there have been several notable residents, including the author A. A Milne and the artist Augustus John.

Notable buildings and residents

Odd-numbered buildings

No. 1, designed by the architect Ralph Knott, was built in 1911 for watercolourist Cecil Arthur Hunt (1873–1965) who had abandoned a career as a barrister to become a full-time painter.[7] The Hungarian-born, later British, pianist Louis Kentner (1905–1987), who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, lived there from 1953[8][9] with his second wife, Griselda Gould, daughter of the pianist Evelyn Suart (Lady Harcourt).

At No. 7, the writer and biographer Enid Moberly Bell (1881–1967), who was the first headmistress at Lady Margaret School in Parsons Green[10] and vice-chair of the Lyceum Club for female artists and writers,[11] set up home with Anne Lupton (1888–1967), the founder and organiser of the London Housing Centre.[10][12] Both women had studied at Newnham College at Cambridge University where Enid graduated with an M.A. in 1911.[10][13] Anne was the sister of Olive Middleton, née Lupton, great-grandmother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.[14] Both Olive and Anne were actively involved in women's issues.

Nos. 9, 11, 13 and 15, all Grade II-listed, are a terrace of four houses, c 1914, by the architect Frederick Ernest Williams (1866–1929).[5][15] No. 13 (formerly No. 11) has a blue plaque. It was the home of author A. A. Milne (1882–1956)[16] and his wife Daphne (1890–1971) from 1919 until about 1940. Their son Christopher Robin (1920–1996) was born here. As a child he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and in two books of poems, all written at this house.[17][18]

No. 19 is Chelsea's former telephone exchange, whose future use is under discussion.[19][20]

At No. 21 (Vale Court) in 1963, Stephen Ward (1912–1963), the society osteopath who was one of the central figures in the Profumo affair, committed suicide in a friend's flat.[21]

Even-numbered buildings

Nos. 2 and 4, known together as Mallord House, are listed Grade II by Historic England. They were designed by Ralph Knott.[3]

Nos. 6 and 8, also Grade II listed,[4] were designed by W. D. Caröe in 1912–13 for Percy Morris of Elm Park Gardens, and were originally intended for Morris's coachman.[22]

No. 10 was the home of the Irish sculptor and artist John Francis Kavanagh (1903–1984) from about 1936 to about 1946.[23]

No. 28 is a house built in 1913–14 by the Russian architect Boris Anrep, from designs by Dutch architect Robert van 't Hoff, for the artist Augustus John (1878–1961) to use as a studio.[24] In 1935 it was bought by the popular singer Gracie Fields (1887–1979).[24] It is a Grade II listed building and has a blue plaque commemorating John.[6][25]

No. 32 was built for Arthur Mitchell about 1913, including a studio at the back, from designs by Charles Hall.[25]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Mallord Street in Chelsea". Streetlist.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Croot, Patricia E C, ed. (2004). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 12, Chelsea. Settlement and building: Artists and Chelsea'. Victoria County History, London. pp. 102–106 – via British History Online.
  3. ^ a b Historic England (9 March 1982). "Mallord House, 2 and 4, Mallord Street SW3 (1225537)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Historic England (21 October 1994). "6 and 8, Mallord Street SW3 (1265139)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Historic England (21 October 1997). "9–15, Mallord Street SW3 (1031502)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b Historic England (9 September 1993). "28, Mallord Street SW3 (1265177)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ^ Churchill, Penny (13 February 2018). "1, Mallord Street: The ultimate Chelsea pied-à-terre?". Country Life. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Louis Kentner 1 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London". Notabe Abodes. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  9. ^ Andrews, Cyrus (ed.). Radio & Television Who's Who. London: George Young, 3rd edition, 1954
  10. ^ a b c Housing Review, Volume 17. Housing Centre – University of California. 1968. pp. 3 and 48. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  11. ^ Doughan, David (ed.); Gordon, Peter (ed.) Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825–1960 (Woburn Education Series), London: Routledge 2001. ISBN 978-0713002232
  12. ^ "Miss A. M. Lupton – Organiser of the London Housing Centre". The Yorkshire Post. 15 March 1935.
  13. ^ "Contemporary Authors: First revision – Volumes 5–8". Gale Research Company. 1969. p. 786. Retrieved 28 October 2017. MOBERLY-BELL, Enid 1881– PERSONAL: Born March 24, 1881, in Alexandria, Egypt; daughter of Charles Frederic (a journalist) and Ethel (Chataway) Moberly-Bell. Education: Newnham College, Cambridge University, M.A., 1911
  14. ^ Joseph, Claudia (1990). Kate: The Making of a Princess. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978 1845 965 778. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  15. ^ "13 Mallord Street: Design and access statement" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. September 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Milne, A.A. (1882–1956) Plaque erected in 1979 by Greater London Council at 13 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 6DT, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea". English Heritage.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Milne, A.A. (1882–1956)". Blue Plaques. English Heritage. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Heritage Statement 13 Mallord Street, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "A new school in Mallord Street?". Chelsea Society. May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  20. ^ "19 Mallord Street". Westminster Property Association. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  21. ^ Mangold, Tom (8 December 2013). "Stephen Ward wasn't murdered. I was there". The Independent. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  22. ^ Buildings of England. London 3: North West. Yale University Press. 1991. p. 587. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  23. ^ "John Francis Kavanagh". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 (online database). University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII. 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  24. ^ a b Lassandro, Sebastian (2019). Pride of Our Alley: The Life of Dame Gracie Fields Volume I; 1898–1939. Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media. ISBN 978 1 62933 420 2.
  25. ^ a b Architectural History Practice Ltd (February 2013). "Heritage Impact Assessment February 2013 28 Mallord Street, London SW3" (PDF). Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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