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56–58 Queen's Gate Terrace
56–58 Queen's Gate Terrace is a pair of Grade II listed houses in Queen's Gate Terrace, Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensingt ..., London SW7, built in 1863–65 by the architect Charles Gray. The ground floor of number 58 also has an entrance on 15 Gloucester Road, and is occupied by the Da Mario Pizzeria. References External links Grade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Kensington {{London-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is "Record of Protected Structures, protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen's Gate Terrace
Queen's Gate Terrace is a street in Kensington, London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, home to several embassies. The street runs west to east from Gloucester Road, London, Gloucester Road to Queen's Gate. C Aldin or William Harris were the architects for many of the houses. In 1886, the politician James Bailey (British politician), James Bailey purchased the South Kensington Hotel, in Queen's Gate Terrace. The Embassy of Estonia, London, Embassy of Estonia is at no 44. The UAE Embassy's Military Department is at no 6. The Embassy of France, London, Embassy of France's Paymaster & Financial Comptroller Section is at no 30. Notable people Leonard Shoobridge (1858-1935), writer, archaeologist, poet and politician, grew up at no 40.1871 census: The National Archives, Kew, London. RG 10/29, folio 61, page 4 See also *56–58 Queen's Gate Terrace References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Gate Terrace Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensington Gardens, containing the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery and John Hanning Speke, Speke's monument. South Kensington and Gloucester Road, London, Gloucester Road are home to Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall, Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Science Museum, London, Science Museum. The area is also home to many embassies and consulates. Name The Manorialism, manor of ''Chenesitone'' is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, which in the Old English language, Anglo-Saxon language means "Chenesi's List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom, ton" (homestead/settlement). One early spelling is ''Kesyngton'', as wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gray (architect)
Charles Gray may refer to: * Charles Gray (Colchester MP) (1696–1782), member of parliament for Colchester, 1742–1755, 1761–1780 * Charles Gray (songwriter) (1782–1851), Royal Marines captain and songwriter * Charles McNeill Gray (1807–1885), American politician, mayor of Chicago, 1853–1854 * Charles Wing Gray (1845–1920), British member of parliament for Maldon, 1886–1892 * Charles Gray (New Zealand politician) (1853–1918), member of parliament for Christchurch North, 1905–1908 * Charlie Gray (1864–1900), American baseball pitcher * Charles Gray (Canadian politician) (1879–1954), mayor of Winnipeg, 1919–1920 * Charles H. Gray (1921–2008), American actor * Charles Gray (actor) Charles Gray (born Donald Marshall Gray; 29 August 1928 – 7 March 2000) was an English actor and voice artist. Appearing in around 140 films and TV series, he was best known as the arch-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ' ... (1928–2000), British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester Road, London
Gloucester Road ( ; B325) is a street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It runs north–south between Kensington Gardens (at which point it is known as Palace Gate) and Old Brompton Road. At its intersection with Cromwell Road is Gloucester Road tube station, Gloucester Road Underground station, close to which there are several pubs, restaurants, and hotels. St Stephen's, Gloucester Road, St Stephen's Church was built in 1867: one of its former churchwardens was the poet T. S. Eliot. History The road is named after Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh who had a new house, Gloucester Lodge, built there by 1805. The road was earlier called Hog Moore Lane (1612), that is 'lane through marshy ground where hogs are kept', a name that was still used until about 1850. Gloucester Lodge was built by William Tyler (architect), William Tyler, on the site of the former Florida Gardens, which the Duchess had acquired in 1797. The site is opposite the present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade II Listed Buildings In The Royal Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea
Grade most commonly refers to: * Grading in education, a measurement of a student's performance by educational assessment (e.g. A, pass, etc.) * A designation for students, classes and curricula indicating the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage (e.g. first grade, second grade, K–12, etc.) * Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope * Graded voting Grade or grading may also refer to: Music * Grade (music), a formally assessed level of profiency in a musical instrument * Grade (band), punk rock band * Grades (producer), British electronic dance music producer and DJ Science and technology Biology and medicine * Grading (tumors), a measure of the aggressiveness of a tumor in medicine * The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach * Evolutionary grade, a paraphyletic group of organisms Geology * Graded bedding, a description of the variation in grain size through a bed in a sedimentary rock * Metamorphic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
