No. 21 was home to the political reformer
Francis Place and his wife, the actress
Louisa Chatterley, from 1833 to 1851, and a
blue plaque commemorates Place's residency. It had previously been the home of the Italian conductor Ernesto Spagnoletti between 1829 and 1833.[18]
No. 22 was home to the playwright
George Colman, who died there in 1836; it was later the home of the actor James Vining and
Shirley Brooks, the editor of Punch.[18]
No. 23 was home to the actor
William Farren, who died there in 1861.[19]
No. 27 was used from 1861 (along with No. 48) as a convent and convalescent home by the
Nursing Sisters of the Church of England, who later moved to St Peter's Convent, Kilburn, then to Woking;[20] in the early 20th century it was a nursing home owned by a Mrs Lucy Catherine Jervis. Lucile Agnes Dickson, the wife of the early film director
William Kennedy Dickson, died at the house in 1908 under the care of Mrs Jervis, and Dickson would later rent rooms at the house for several years.[21]
No. 31 was bought in the mid-2000s by
Achilleas Kallakis, "Britain's most successful serial confidence trickster",[23] for £28 million; he had the entire garden dug out to a depth of 30 feet to build a three-storey basement. The project was abandoned in 2008. As of 2017, it is for sale at £25 million.[citation needed]
No. 21 was home to the political reformer
Francis Place and his wife, the actress
Louisa Chatterley, from 1833 to 1851, and a
blue plaque commemorates Place's residency. It had previously been the home of the Italian conductor Ernesto Spagnoletti between 1829 and 1833.[18]
No. 22 was home to the playwright
George Colman, who died there in 1836; it was later the home of the actor James Vining and
Shirley Brooks, the editor of Punch.[18]
No. 23 was home to the actor
William Farren, who died there in 1861.[19]
No. 27 was used from 1861 (along with No. 48) as a convent and convalescent home by the
Nursing Sisters of the Church of England, who later moved to St Peter's Convent, Kilburn, then to Woking;[20] in the early 20th century it was a nursing home owned by a Mrs Lucy Catherine Jervis. Lucile Agnes Dickson, the wife of the early film director
William Kennedy Dickson, died at the house in 1908 under the care of Mrs Jervis, and Dickson would later rent rooms at the house for several years.[21]
No. 31 was bought in the mid-2000s by
Achilleas Kallakis, "Britain's most successful serial confidence trickster",[23] for £28 million; he had the entire garden dug out to a depth of 30 feet to build a three-storey basement. The project was abandoned in 2008. As of 2017, it is for sale at £25 million.[citation needed]