10 Milner Street, also known as Stanley House(because Ovington Street was then Stanley Street) is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

house in Milner Street,

Chelsea, London Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Kilometre zero#Great Britain, Charing Cross by approximately . It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the SW postcode area, south-western p ...

, England. It is a double-fronted house in an

Italianate style The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Ita ...

, and was built by the Chelsea speculator John Todd in 1849, for his own occupation. It was never home to Sir

Courtenay Ilbert Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, (12 June 1841 – 14 May 1924) was a distinguished British lawyer and civil servant who served as legal adviser to the Viceroy of India's Council for many years until his eventual return from India to England. H ...

. From 1945, Courtenay's nephew, the interior designer

Michael Inchbald Michael John Chantrey Inchbald (8 March 1920 - 23 February 2013) was a British architectural and interior designer. Michael Inchbald was born on 8 March 1920, the son of Geoffrey H. E. Inchbald and Rosemary Ilbert, daughter of Arthur Ilbert and n ...

lived there with his uncle, and continued to do so after Ibert's death. In 1960, the Inchbald School of Design was founded in the drawing room by his wife

Jacqueline Ann Duncan Jacqueline Ann Duncan (née Pentney, born 16 December 1931) is a British educator, and the founder of the Inchbald School of Design (when she was Jacqueline Inchbald). Early life She was born Jacqueline Ann Pentney on 16 December 1931, daughter ...

(then Jacqueline Inchbald). The Inchbald School was founded in the old ground floor drawing room, which once housed the Ilbert Collection of clocks, watches, marine chronometers and sundials. It has been Grade II listed since 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:10 Milner Street Chelsea, London Houses completed in 1855 Grade II listed houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Italianate architecture in England