Aesthetically pleasing grade 2 listed building. Originally erected at Bishopsgate in 1466. At one time it was the residence of Sir Thomas More, whose statue now resides a couple of minutes walk further along Cheyne Walk. Moved and rebuilt brick by brick to it's present location facing The Thames in 1910. It is not open to the public! In close proximity to Ropers Gardens, Sir Thomas More's Gardens, Albert Bridge, Albert Bridge Gardens, Chelsea Embankment Gardens, Battersea Bridge, Battersea Park, Battersea Park Zoo, Chelsea Physic Gardens, Ranelagh Gardens, Lister Hospital, Meadowbank Nature Reserve, Grosvenor Canal, King's Road, Sloane Square, and Pimlico. Nearest station is...
Read moreCrosby Hall is a historic and a beautiful building at Chelsea Embankment road near River Thames.
This is the most important surviving secular domestic medieval building in London, Sir John Crosby’s great hall has on several occasions been snatched from the brink of demolition, which after a 400-year gap, it is being incorporated back into a private house.
Built in Bishopsgate between 1466 and 1475 for rich City merchant Sir John Crosby, it was later purchased by Sir Thomas More and now is located at the site of More’s Chelsea garden.
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Read moreEnsconced since 1910 on this site, the acclaimed historic hall (facing away from Ropers Garden), the principal component in an aggregate of meticulously crafted ‘facsimile’Tudor buildings and garden. The entire enterprise; materials techniques and craftsmanship conjuring the Tudor ethos. A dedicated labour of love.* A private residence, the public not admitted. The breathtaking entrance hinting at the scale of the accomplishment here. see online articles...
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