Carlyle_Mansions

Carlyle Mansions

Carlyle Mansions

Block of flats in London, England

Carlyle Mansions is a block of flats located on Cheyne Walk, in the Chelsea area of London, England. Built in 1886, it was named after Thomas Carlyle, himself a resident of Chelsea for much of his life.[1]

Carlyle Mansions (right)

Carlyle Mansions is nicknamed the "Writers’ Block", as it has been home to Henry James, Erskine Childers, T. S. Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Ian Fleming and other noted authors.[1][2]

Notable residents

References

  1. [1]
    "Carlyle Mansions, Chelsea". Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. [2]
    Tagholm, Roger (2001). McGraw-Hill (ed.). Walking Literary London. McGraw-Hill Companies. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-658-01611-0.

51.4834°N 0.1698°W / 51.4834; -0.1698


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