Roland Gardens, London
Roland Gardens is a street in South Kensington, London SW7. It runs north to south from Old Brompton Road to Drayton Gardens at its southern end, where it becomes Evelyn Gardens.
Roland Gardens on an 1890s Ordnance Survey map, not long after it was built. (Running south from Old Brompton Road at the top)
History
Building on the street was started in 1870 by Charles Aldin and his sons Charles and William, with more than half completed by 1874, and the rest by 1893.[1]
Notable buildings and residents
- Blakes Hotel, is at no. 33, and is considered to be one of the world's first boutique hotels.
- The National Laboratory of Psychical Research was once at no. 13.
- The artist Collier Twentyman Smithers died in 1943 at no. 36.
- Blanche Dugdale, author and Zionist and her husband Edgar Dugdale, a Lloyds of London underwriter, lived at no. 1.[2]
References
- "Roland Gardens - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- "Dugdale [née Balfour], Blanche Elizabeth Campbell". ODNB. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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