Ebury Street

Mozart Terrace

Ebury Street (/ˈiːbəri/) is a street in Belgravia, City of Westminster, London. It runs from a Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road. It was built mostly in the period 1815 to 1860. The surviving houses 180-188 were called "Fivefields Row" when Mozart lived there in 1764. Small portions on the south-east side are late 20th century mid-rise apartments set back from the road, mainly replacing bomb damaged areas as a result of the London Blitz.

Odd numbers 19 to 231 are on the south-east side, the others, 16 to 230 are opposite. Numbers 2 to 14 have largely been replaced by a renamed terraced, recessed behind a small green, eight houses known as Lygon Place.

History

A local estate "Eia" is mentioned in the Domesday Book.[1]

The surviving houses 180-188 were called "Fivefields Row" when Mozart lived there in 1764. Small portions on the south-east side are late 20th century mid-rise apartments set back from the road, mainly replacing bomb damaged areas as a result of the London Blitz.

22b Ebury Street was built in 1830 as a Baptist church. It became in the 20th century divided into flats.

Immediately following World War I, Number 42 was the workplace or head office of the "Soldiers' Embroidery Industry". Textile bags and workboxes were so-labelled, adding words "Made by the Totally Disabled", i.e. disabled veterans doing rehabilitation work.

Notable buildings

Mozart Terrace was in the late 18th century known as Fivefields Row, it can also be numerically addressed as Ebury Street.

Niche restaurants

La Poule au Pot is an expensive restaurant leased from Grosvenor Estates, below social housing managed by Peabody. In 2006 it won two awards in Harden's guide.

Ken Lo's Memories of China is a restaurant established in 1981 by Ken Lo (d. 2001).

Other uses

Where Ebury Street meets Pimlico Road is a triangular green due to its trees with seating and a bronze statue of Mozart (aged 8) by Philip Jackson. The triangle is unofficially called Mozart Place, Mozart Green or Mozart Square, the latter reflecting the localised misnomer of "squares" in two notable instances: a very thin rectangle grid with a main road running through its longer bisection forms Eaton Square and Chester Square is likewise more street than green. A minority of houses have been converted to hotels.

Mid-late 20th century buildings front parts of the street toward either end: Coleshill Flats, Kylestrome House, Kilmuir House (a conversion), and Belgravia Court. Numbers 2 to 14 have largely been replaced by a renamed terraced, recessed behind a small green, eight houses known as Lygon Place, see below.

Notable residents

Lygon Place

Lygon Place is a terrace of initial-category (Grade II-) listed buildings recessed by a small green and facing the street. The terrace dates from about 1900 and is an Arts and Crafts-influenced design, by Eustace Balfour and Hugh Thackeray Turner. Notable former residents include Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon. Number 5 was a residence of the Italian Air Attaché. Institutions based here included the Margarine and Shortening Manufacturers' Association; the Lion Services Club; and the Institution of Highways and Transportation.

References

  1. ↑ "The Acquisition of the Estate | British History Online". British-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. 1 2 Affixed with a blue plaque
  • "The Times & The Sunday Times". Timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  • "UK | England | London | Ramsay voted London's best chef". BBC News. 2006-08-29. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

Coordinates: 51°29′40″N 0°08′56″W / 51.4944°N 0.1489°W / 51.4944; -0.1489

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