Historic houses · London
50 Glebe Place
50 Glebe Place — former house of Sir Frank Lowe in Chelsea, London.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- South Kensington · 1.0 km
- Family-friendly
About
50 Glebe Place is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Built in the eclectic architecture style. Address: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55076518. Wikidata describes it as: "former house of Sir Frank Lowe in Chelsea, London". Coordinates: 51.4852°, -0.1696°.
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From the Wikipedia article
50 Glebe Place is a large terraced house on Glebe Place in the Chelsea SW3 district of London, England. It was built between 1985 and 1987 for the advertiser Frank Lowe. Ed Glinert, in The London Compendium, described it as a folly.
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Background
Architecture
The London: North West edition of the Pevsner Architectural Guides describes the property as featuring a "tall eclectic entrance tower". The building is of three storeys, the topmost being inside the roof space, with a roof garden as well. The tower is of four storeys with windows at each level and a weather vane at the top of a pitched roof. The building is notable for the six statues on its mansard roof, each different, four across the ridge and two others either side of the base of the roof slope, as well as the terracotta figure of a seated girl atop a pillar next to the entrance. The roof is tiled with a multi-coloured pattern of chevrons. There is extensive use of metalwork in front…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4852, -0.1696
- District
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Parish
- Kensington and Chelsea, unparished area
- Postcode
- SW3 5JE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chelsea and Fulham
- Nearest railway station
- South Kensington — 1 km
- Official site
- www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q23891247 (CC0)
- wikipedia: 50 Glebe Place (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Ornate House, Glebe Place, Chelsea - geograph.org.uk - 995789.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is 50 Glebe Place?
- 50 Glebe Place is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4852°, -0.1696°. The nearest railway station is South Kensington, around 1 km away.
- Is 50 Glebe Place wheelchair accessible?
- OpenStreetMap notes that 50 Glebe Place is not wheelchair-accessible.