Guide to... Historic Houses on Kensington Palace Gardens


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18 Stafford Terrace
Stafford Terrace
18 Stafford Terrace, 18 Stafford Terrace, London, W8 7BH

0.44km

Also known as Linley Sambourne House, home of the Victorian Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, features much...Read more

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Apsley House
Apsley House
Apsley House, 149 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NT

1.67km

Operated by English Heritage, also known as Wellington Museum, home of The Duke of Wellington, significant...Read more

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Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House, Carlyle's House, London, SW3

1.72km

Operated by the National Trust, Victorian period townhouse home of historian and philosopher Thomas CarlyleRead more

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Handel House Museum
Handel House Museum
Handel House Museum, 25 Brook Street, London, W1K 4HB

1.98km

18th century period townhouse, home of baroque composer George Frideric HandelRead more

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Queen's Gallery
Queen's Gallery
Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1A 1AA

2.1km

Exhibitions of items from the Royal Collection, located at Buckingham PalaceRead more

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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA

2.11km

Official London residence of the British monarch, public tours of the state rooms, includes Queen's Gallery and Royal...Read more

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Spencer House, London
Spencer House
Spencer House, London, 27 Saint James's Place, London, SW1A 1NR

2.16km

18th-century mansion with restored state rooms and gardenRead more

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Clarence House
Clarence House
Clarence House, London, SW1A 1BA

2.23km

Official residence of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of CornwallRead more

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7 Hammersmith Terrace
7 Hammersmith Terrace
7 Hammersmith Terrace, 7 Hammersmith Terrace, London, W6 9TS

2.49km

Former home of Emery Walker, friend and mentor to William Morris, house features Arts and Crafts style interiorRead more

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Fulham Palace
Fulham Palace
Fulham Palace, Bishop's Avenue, London, SW6 6EA

2.67km

Mediaeval former residence of the Bishop of London, also art galleryRead more

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Banqueting House, Whitehall
Banqueting House, Whitehall
Banqueting House, Whitehall, Whitehall, Westminster, London, SW1A 2ER

2.77km

17th century ornate building used for entertaining, designed by Inigo Jones, only remaining component of the Palace...Read more

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Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, London, SW1P 3JX

2.8km

Operated by English Heritage, one of only two surviving sections of the mediaeval royal Palace of Westminster,...Read more

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Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House
Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NF

2.82km

18th-century house where Benjamin Franklin lived for 16 years, exhibits on his life, science activitiesRead more

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Blue Plaques in London

Maria Louise Ramé Blue Plaque - Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramée) 1839-1908 novelist lived here
Turkish Bronze Gun And John Duckworth Bronze Plaque - This Turkish bronze gun was cast in 1790-91 (AH 1212) in the reign of  the Ottoman Sultan Selim III. It weighs 5.2 tonnes, fired stone shot   of just over 56 kilos and is one of two taken by Admiral Sir John Duckworth  from Kinali Island in the Sea of Marmara in 1807.    The gun was presented to the Royal Naval Asylum at Greenwich by  HRH Prince Ernest, Duke of Cumberland on 21 October 1807.  The cast-iron display carriage was made later by the Royal Carriage  Department of the Royal Arsenal, Wo
Charles Dickens Blue Plaque - Charles Dickens 1812-1870 writer, journalist and social reformer
Philip Henry Gosse And Edmund Gosse Blue Plaque - Here lived Philip Henry Gosse 1810-1888  zoologist Sir Edmund Gosse 1849-1928  writer and critic born here
Joseph Lyons Blue Plaque - Sir Joseph Lyons 1847-1917 Pioneer of mass catering lived here
Henry Austen And Jane Austen Blue Plaque - Jane Austen novelist, stayed with her brother Henry in a house on this site 1814-1815

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