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Phillimore Place is a street in Kensington, London.
Phillimore Place runs from its junction with Phillimore Gardens in the south-west to Argyll Road in the north-east.
Phillimore Place formed part of the Phillimore estate, inherited by William Phillimore in 1779. The late Georgian houses were built from 1788 to 1816, largely designed by 
The author Kenneth Grahame lived at no.16 from 1901 to 1908, and there is a
William Porden
William Porden ( 1755 – 1822) was a versatile English architect who worked for the 1st Earl Grosvenor and the Prince Regent.
Life
Born in Kingston upon Hull, (Subscription required) he trained under James Wyatt and Samuel Pepys Cockere ...
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The author Kenneth Grahame lived at no.16 from 1901 to 1908, and there is a blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving a ...
there in his honour.
In 1955, Bernard Williams
Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams (21 September 1929 – 10 June 2003) was an English Ethics, moral philosopher. His publications include ''Problems of the Self'' (1973), ''Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy'' (1985), ''Shame and Necessit ...
, Shirley Williams
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (''née'' Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 12 April 2021) was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in ...
, Helge Rubinstein and Hilary Rubinstein, bought a four-storey, seven-bedroom house in the street for £6,800, and lived there together for 14 years.
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{{Coord, 51.50159, -0.19771, region:GB_type:landmark, display=title Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea