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Phillimore Place

Coordinates: 51°30′06″N 0°11′52″W / 51.50159°N 0.19771°W / 51.50159; -0.19771
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Phillimore Place is a street in Kensington, London.

Phillimore Place runs from its junction with Phillimore Gardens in the south-west to Argyll Road in the north-east.

Phillimore Place formed part of the Phillimore estate, inherited by William Phillimore in 1779.[1] The late Georgian houses were built from 1788 to 1816, largely designed by William Porden.[1]

Blue plaque, 16 Phillimore Place, London, home to Kenneth Grahame, 1901–1908

The author Kenneth Grahame lived at no.16 from 1901 to 1908, and there is a blue plaque there in his honour.

In 1955, Bernard Williams, Shirley Williams, Helge Rubinstein and Hilary Rubinstein, bought a four-storey, seven-bedroom house in the street for £6,800, and lived there together for 14 years.

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Phillimore estate | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.

51°30′06″N 0°11′52″W / 51.50159°N 0.19771°W / 51.50159; -0.19771