23-47 Grosvenor Gardens (geograph 4769282)

Belgrave Mansions 1910s Ordnance Survey map

Grosvenor Gardens House is a Grade II-listed mansion block at 23–47

Grosvenor Gardens Grosvenor Gardens is the name given to two triangular parks in Belgravia, London, faced on their western and eastern sides by streets of the same name. Both roads run roughly north to south from Hobart Place and Grosvenor Place to Buckingham ...

, Belgravia, London. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother may have been born there in 1900.

David Niven James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in '' Separate Tables'' (1958). Niven's other roles ...

was born there in 1910, and

William Henry Blackmore William Henry Blackmore (2 August 1827 – 12 April 1878) was an English lawyer who gained a fortune by exploiting a large social network as an investment promoter. He used his fortune for philanthropy, primarily centred on his interest in Native ...

killed himself there in 1878. As of March 2017, the building is the subject of a £132-million High Court trial for damages brought against Christian and Nick Candy.

History

Grosvenor Gardens House was built in about 1868 by the architect Thomas Cundy III in the

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style. It was originally called Belgrave Mansions, and when it was finished in 1868, it was London's first

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block. It was converted into a hotel in the 1920s, and then into offices in the 1930s. In 1878,

(1827–1878), killed himself in his study at Belgrave Mansions. In 2011, the full street block was purchased by Oakvest, and in 2013 Westminster City Council granted

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for conversion into 42 luxury flats, subject to a £7.1 million financial contribution to the Council's

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fund.

Notable residents

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's 1900 birthplace remains uncertain, and Belgrave Mansions is one of the leading contenders, in a flat rented by her paternal grandparents and which her parents

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and Lady Glamis stayed in when in London. Notable residents have included the actor

, who was born there in 1910, as well as William Adolph Baillie-Grohman, the Austrian adventurer, writer and big game hunter. Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Pelly (1825–1892), the army officer and member of Parliament, lived there.

Court case

As of March 2017, the building is at the centre of a £132-million High Court trial for damages brought against Christian and Nick Candy by the entrepreneur Mark Holyoake.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grosvenor Gardens House Belgravia Apartment buildings in London Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster