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Sloane Avenue Mansions is a high-rise residential building in
Sloane Avenue Sloane Avenue is a road in London. Sloane Avenue runs roughly north-west to south-east from Brompton Road in Kensington to a junction with Elystan Place and Bray Place, and its short southern continuation, Anderson Street, joins the King's Road i ...
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Chelsea, London Chelsea is an affluent area in west London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area. Chelsea histori ...
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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It stands next to
Nell Gwynn House Nell Gwynn House is a ten-storey residential building in Sloane Avenue, Chelsea, London, designed in the Art Deco style by G. Kay Green. Completed in 1937, it stands next to the same architect's Sloane Avenue Mansions, built a few years earlier. ...
, designed by the same architect.


History

At the beginning of the 20th century, the area comprised derelict houses. By the 1930s, the area was revitalized, by tearing down those houses and erecting new buildings. Its construction began in 1931, and it was completed in 1933. It was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by
G. Kay Green George Kay Green (3 May 1877 – December 1939) was a Scottish architect whose work after 1918 was mostly in southern England. Life Born in May 1877, It is 35.00 metre high, with 11 storeys.


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Chelsea, London Residential buildings in London Residential buildings completed in 1933 1933 establishments in England Art Deco architecture in London {{London-struct-stub