Cadogan Gardens is a street in Chelsea, London, that is part of the

Cadogan Estate Cadogan Group Limited and its subsidiaries, including Cadogan Estates Limited, are British property investment and management companies that are owned by the Cadogan family, one of the richest families in the United Kingdom, which also holds ...

Layout

It forms a rough square, with arms leading off the east side to

Sloane Street Sloane Street is a major London street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea which runs north to south, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about halfway along. History Sloane Street takes its name from Sir Han ...

and

Pavilion Road Pavilion Road is a street in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It runs parallel to Sloane Street and is accessed from Sloane Square in the southern end and Basil Street Basil Street, originally known as North Str ...

. It also connects with

Cadogan Square Cadogan Square () is a residential square in Knightsbridge, London, that was named after Earl Cadogan. Whilst it is mainly a residential area, some of the properties are used for diplomatic and educational purposes (notably Hill House School). ...

, Cadogan Street, and Draycott Place. The layout of the street is complicated and the house-numbering system has been described as "mysterious".

Buildings

The 5-star Draycott Hotel is at no.26. 11 Cadogan Gardens is a 56 bedroom hotel. It consists of four large houses, and had been a private members club, until Lord Cadogan as freeholder acquired the leasehold in 2012 and had it converted into a hotel.

Residents

The artist

Mortimer Menpes Mortimer Luddington Menpes (22 February 1855 – 1 April 1938) was an Australian-born British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. Life Menpes was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of property developer James ...

lived at number 25 from 1892 in a Japanese-styled house designed by Arthur Mackmurdo. In the 1960s, numbers 53 and 55 were the residences of diplomats from Czechoslovakia.

References

{{Reflist Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cadogan Estate Knightsbridge