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Tite Street is a street in Chelsea, London, England, within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, just north of the River Thames. It was laid out from 1877 by the Metropolitan Board of Works, giving access to the Chelsea Embankment.

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Map of Tite St, Chelsea, London SW3 4JR, UK

In the late 19th century, the street was a favoured and fashionable location for people of an artistic and literary disposition.

Tite Street is named after William Tite who was a member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, responsible for the construction of Chelsea Embankment to the south of Tite Street and some railway station buildings.

During the 18th century, Gough House stood on the eastern side of the street. It became a school in 1830 and then the Victoria Hospital for Children in 1866. The hospital moved to St George's Hospital, at Tooting in south London, and the original building was demolished in 1968. The site is now occupied by St Wilfred's convent and home for the elderly.

A private entrance to Gordon House is located between 35 and 37 Tite Street.

River House in Tite Street was designed by the church architect Thomas Garner (1839–1906).

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Notable occupants

The following people have lived in Tite Street:

  • No.5:
  • Frederick Chesson, anti-slavery campaigner
  • No.18:
  • Paul Edward Dehn, writer
  • No 30 (formerly 12A):
  • Peter Warlock, composer — marked with a blue plaque. Warlock died here on 17 December 1930, probably suicide.
  • No 31 (residence) & 33 (formerly 13)(studio):
  • John Singer Sargent, American portrait painter.
  • No 33:
  • James McNeill Whistler, artist.
  • Augustus John, artist — intermittently between 1940 and 1958.
  • Glyn Philpot, artist
  • Robert Brough,Scottish artist
  • No 34 (formerly 16):
  • Oscar Wilde, writer — now with a blue plaque.
  • No 35:
  • Whistler instructed Edward William Godwin to build the White House here, but due to his bankruptcy after his legal case with John Ruskin, he was never able to occupy it; the building was demolished in 1968.
  • Chelsea Lodge,No.42:
  • Edwin Austin Abbey,artist
  • No 44 (formerly 1):
  • Frank Miles, portrait painter (also commissioned from Godwin).
  • Oscar Wilde, writer who moved into this house, built for Miles, as Miles's lodger before later renting No 34 himself.
  • George Percy Jacomb-Hood, artist, brother-in-law of Miles's cousin Philip Napier Miles, lived at Miles's house from 1897 until his death in 1929, his father having bought it from Miles's executors.
  • No.50:
  • Romaine Brooks, artist
  • Anna Lea Merritt,American artist
  • No.52:
  • John Collier,artist
  • Wendela Boreel, artist
  • Shelley Court, No.56
  • Julian Mond, 3rd Baron Melchett (1925 -1973) Chairman British Steel Corporation
  • Sonia Melchett, Baroness Melchett (1928 - socialite and author
  • Shelley Court, No.56. Flat No.15:
  • Sir Wilfred Thesiger, explorer and travel writer.
  • Shelley Court, No.56. Flat No.17:
  • Radclyffe Hall, feminist writer
  • No (not known):
  • Squadron Leader Roger Bushell RAF (30 August 1910 – 29 March 1944). South African-born British Auxiliary Air Force pilot, who organised and led the famous escape from the Nazi prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft III.

    • References

    Tite Street Wikipedia
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