Earls Terrace
Earls Terrace , sometimes referred to as Earl's Terrace , is a street in the London borough of Kensington , Kensington and Chelsea . It is directly connected to Kensington High Street (A315) at both its beginning and its end and runs parallel to it to the south. There is no traffic connection to other streets, but Earls Terrace is framed by Edwards Square to the south, east and west . All the houses on the street - row houses in a uniform and simple Georgian architectural style - are on the south side and have gardens at the rear facing Edwards Square, which here occupies a spacious and largely undeveloped green area. Earls Terrace is a sought-after and purely residential street where a number of well-known personalities, mostly artistic professionals, have lived. A building on this area can be proven for the first time on a map published in 1812.
Famous residents
The writer and actress Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) lived under number 4 between October 1816 and August 1817 .
The architect George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873) lived in house number 10 between 1819 and 1820 .
William Haseldine Pepys (1775-1856) resided under number 11 from 1836 until his death in 1856.
House number 12 was first the residence of the writer and poet George MacDonald (1824-1905), who lived here between 1865 and 1867, and then of George du Maurier (1834-1896), who lived in the property between 1868 and 1870. The essayist and critic Walter Pater (1839–1894) also lived here between 1886 and 1893.
The painter Thomas Daniell (1749–1840) resided under number 14 from 1819 until his death in 1840.
The travel writer Isabella Bishop (1831–1904) lived in house number 20 from 1898 to 1900 and the poet Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938) between 1898 and 1907 lived under number 23 .
Sources and web links
- British History Online: The Edwardes estate: Edwardes Square area (English)