The Temperance Billiard Hall at 131–141

King's Road King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the king's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents) is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both ...

, Chelsea, London, is a

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building with

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. It was built around 1912–14 to a design by Thomas Retford Somerford for Temperance Billiards Halls Ltd., and became an antiques centre in the 1960s. It is still retail premises.''Former Temperance Billiard Hall''
The Victorian Web, 29 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2014. It is now connected to the former Chelsea Garage in 15 Flood Street, which is also Grade II listed.

Gallery

File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 09.JPG, Side view File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 05.JPG, Entrance File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 11.JPG, Exterior stained glass File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 17.JPG, Interior of the same window File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 06.JPG, Stained glass window File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 13.JPG, Stained glass skylight File:Temperance Billiard Hall, Chelsea 18.JPG, Roof supports

References

Grade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Billiard halls Temperance movement Buildings and structures completed in 1914 King's Road, Chelsea, London {{London-struct-stub