Cornwall Gardens
Cornwall Gardens
Cornwall Gardens is a long narrow garden square in South Kensington, London, England.
The street runs east-west off Gloucester Road and crosses Launceston Place. It was developed from 1862 to 1879 on land owned by the Broadwood family, by (1862–76) Welchman and Gale from 1862 to 1876 and from 1876 to 1879 by William Willett.[1]
Notable residents
- Sir Hardy Amies, fashion designer (#29)[2]
- Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen, judge (#1)[1]
- Ivy Compton-Burnett, novelist (5 Braemar Mansions, 1934 until her death in 1969)[3][4]
- Sampson Lloyd, banker and politician (#3)[1]
- Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian ambassador (#52)[4]
- Sir Terence Rattigan, playwright (born at #100)
References
- 1 2 3 "Cornwall Gardens | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ↑ "Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, London". Notable Abodes. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- ↑ Hilary Spurling (28 January 2016). The Girl from the Fiction Department: A Portrait of Sonia Orwell. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-241-97461-2. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- 1 2 Andrew Duncan (August 2006). Andrew Duncan's Favourite London Walks. New Holland Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-84537-454-9. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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