Carlyle Mansions

Carlyle Mansions is a block of flats located on Cheyne Walk, in the Chelsea area of London, England. Built in 1886, it was named after Thomas Carlyle, himself a resident of Chelsea for much of his life.^[1]

Carlyle Mansions is nicknamed the "Writers’ Block", as it has been home to Henry James, Erskine Childers, T. S. Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Ian Fleming and other noted authors.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Carlyle Mansions, Chelsea". Victorian Web. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
^ Tagholm, Roger (2001). McGraw-Hill (ed.). Walking Literary London. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-658-01611-0.

External links

Carlyle Mansions, Chesterton Humberts, by Melanie Backe-Hansen

51°29′00″N 0°10′11″W / 51.4833°N 0.1698°W / 51.4833; -0.1698

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[Victorian-1] "Carlyle Mansions, Chelsea". Victorian Web. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

[Tagholm-2] Tagholm, Roger (2001). McGraw-Hill (ed.). Walking Literary London. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-658-01611-0.

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