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Old Brompton Road is a major street in the South Kensington district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It starts from South Kensington Underground station and runs south-west, through a mainly residential area, until it reaches West Brompton and the area around Earl's Court tube station. It runs through the SW5 and SW7 ...
Pigot & Co. (1842) Brompton in the County of Middlesex 206 Brompton Road, the former station building Royal Society of British Sculptors 108 Old Brompton Road SE corner of map shows Brompton ward of Kensington Metropolitan Borough in 1916, SW as 'Redcliffe' was Old Brompton; a road, Old Brompton Road, bisected both linking to the north-west.
The Coleherne Arms 1866 public house was a gay pub in west London.Located at 261 Old Brompton Road, Earl's Court, it was a well-known music venue from the 1950s, and a popular landmark leather bar during the 1970s and 1980s.
Coleherne Court in 2007 One of the entrances to Coleherne Court The English Heritage blue plaque commemorating Diana's residence at Coleherne Court. Coleherne Court is a large apartment block on the Old Brompton Road in the Earl's Court district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
There are 5-star hotels and many top restaurants and shops along the road. One of the most famous department stores in the world, Harrods, is located near the eastern end. Another major landmark along the road is the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as the Brompton Oratory. The Embassy of Uruguay is located at no. 150. [2]
A blue plaque at 189 Old Brompton Road, London, SW7, was put up in 1909. [19] Edwin Arnold (1832–1904), English poet and journalist, lived at 31 Bolton Gardens. [20] WS Gilbert (1838–1911), English dramatist and librettist, poet and illustrator, one of the two authors of the Savoy operas, lived in Harrington Gardens.
Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road Holland Park W14 8LZ 1958 () 389 : Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) "Painter and Writer lived here" 61 Palace Gardens Terrace Kensington W8 4RU 1983 () 637 : Jenny Lind (a.k.a. Madame Goldschmidt) (1820–1887) "Singer Lived Here" 189 Old Brompton Road South Kensington SW5 OBA 1909 () 674 : Sir Norman Lockyer
Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road in South Kensington, London. [1] It is the oldest and largest organisation dedicated to sculpture in the UK. [2] Until 2017, it was known as the Royal British Society of Sculptors. [3]