Pelham Place, London

Pelham Place is a street of Grade II* listed Georgian terraced houses in South Kensington, London, England.

Pelham Place, London SW7

Pelham Place runs north to south from Pelham Place to Pelham Crescent.

2-14 is a circa 1825 terrace.[1] 1-29 is an 1833 terrace, designed by the architect George Basevi.[2] 1-29 is similarly grade II listed.[3]

In 1950, the British-born American winemaker Peter Newton met his future wife, Anne St. Aubyn at a party in his house in Pelham Place.[4]

Mel Brooks briefly lived in Pelham Place in the 1950s, while working at the BBC on the Sid Caesar show.[5]

In 1967, Cecil Beaton photographed the model Twiggy wearing a yellow velvet dress by John Bates for Jean Varon[6] in the residence of 8 Pelham Place, for an editorial for Vogue.[7] Beaton lived here from 1940 to 1975. This was later the home of Jane, Lady Abdy.

References
  1. Historic England. "2-14, Pelham Place SW7 (1065845)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. Historic England. "1-29, Pelham Place SW7 (1357487)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357487
  4. Phil Davison (23 February 2008). "Sterling pioneer of recycled paper and California wine". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  5. "BBC iPlayer imagine... Mel Brooks: Unwrapped". BBC iPlayer (40:30 mins). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. "ALO Photography". ALO Photography. Retrieved 9 February 2013.


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