London Chelsea Dovehouse Street geograph-3064248-by-Ben-Brooksbank

Dovehouse Street is a street in

Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...

, London. It runs roughly north to south from

Fulham Road Fulham Road is a street in London, England, which comprises the A304 and part of the A308. Overview Fulham Road ( the A219) runs from Putney Bridge as "Fulham High Street" and then eastward to Fulham Broadway, in the London Borough of Hammers ...

King's Road King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the king's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents), is a major street stretching through Chelsea, London, Chelsea ...

, having junctions with

Cale Street Cale Street is a street in Chelsea, London. It runs between Dovehouse Street in the west and the junction of Elystan Street and Elystan Place in the east. It originally formed the southern boundary of Chelsea Common. The street was laid out in 1 ...

and Britten Street, among others. The

National Heart and Lung Institute The Faculty of Medicine is the academic centre for medical and clinical research and teaching at Imperial College London. It contains the Imperial College School of Medicine, which is the college's undergraduate medical school. History Medica ...

(NHLI), part of

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in the Guy Scadding Building is on the corner with Cale Street.

Auriens Auriens is a luxury retirement complex in Chelsea, London, in Dovehouse Street, overlooking Dovehouse Green and the King's Road. Auriens is on the site of what was the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's only local authority care home. It ...

, a luxury retirement complex overlooking Dovehouse Green, was built on the site of what was the

London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the ...

's only local authority care home. The

Chelsea Hospital for Women Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital is one of the oldest maternity hospitals in Europe, founded in 1739 in London. Until October 2000, it occupied a site at 339–351 Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith, but is now located between East Acton and White ...

was at the top end of the street, but closed in 1988 and the buildings became the Chelsea wing of the

Royal Brompton Hospital Royal Brompton Hospital is the largest specialist heart and lung medical centre in the United Kingdom. It is managed by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. History Consumption in the 19th Century In the 19th century, consumption was a co ...

. At the southern end, with Dovehouse Green and King's Road lies one of two possible locations for

King's Road Chelsea railway station King's Road Chelsea railway station is a proposed station on Crossrail 2, a planned underground railway line through London in the United Kingdom. If constructed, the station would serve the King's Road area of Chelsea. Crossrail 2 is cur ...

, a proposed station on

Crossrail 2 Crossrail 2 is a proposed hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit route in South East England, running from nine stations in Surrey to three in Hertfordshire, providing a new North–South rail link across Greater London. It would connect the S ...

, a planned underground railway line.

Notable residents

Emlyn Williams George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987) was a Welsh writer, dramatist and actor. Early life Williams was born into a Welsh-speaking, working class family at 1 Jones Terrace, Pen-y-ffordd, Ffynnongroyw, Flintsh ...

, Welsh dramatist and actor died in 1987 at his flat in Dovehouse Street

References

Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Chelsea, London King's Road, Chelsea, London {{London-geo-stub