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Chester House on Clarendon Place in Tyburnia, London is a detached house that was designed by the architect Giles Gilbert Scott as his personal residence.[1]

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  1. 11 relations: Blue plaque, Bridget Cherry, Chelsea Square, English Heritage, Giles Gilbert Scott, Historic England, National Heritage List for England, Oliver Hill (architect), Pevsner Architectural Guides, Royal Institute of British Architects, Tyburnia.

  2. Giles Gilbert Scott buildings
  3. Grade II listed houses in the City of Westminster
  4. Tyburnia

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 as a historical marker.

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Bridget Cherry

Bridget Cherry (born 17 May 1941) is a British architectural historian who was series editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides from 1971 until 2002, and is the author or co-author of several volumes in the series.

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Chelsea Square

Chelsea Square is a garden square in Chelsea, London.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Giles Gilbert Scott

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (9 November 1880 – 8 February 1960) was a British architect known for his work on the New Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, Battersea Power Station, Liverpool Cathedral, and designing the iconic red telephone box.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets.

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Oliver Hill (architect)

Oliver Falvey Hill (15 June 1887 – 29 April 1968) was a British architect, landscape architect, and garden designer.

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Pevsner Architectural Guides

The Pevsner Architectural Guides are four series of guide books to the architecture of the British Isles.

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Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971.

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Tyburnia

Tyburnia is an area in Paddington, London, originally developed following an 1824 masterplan drawn up by Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1753–1827) to redevelop the historic lands of the Bishop of London, known as the Tyburn Estate, into a residential area to rival Belgravia.

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See also

Giles Gilbert Scott buildings

Grade II listed houses in the City of Westminster

Tyburnia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_House,_Paddington