Former Poor Law Guardians' Offices. 1903. 250, King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3. Architects: Lansdell and Harrison. Perspective view from across King's Road looking east. Cherry and Pevsner describe this building as “unremarkable free Jacobean” (583). [Click on all images to enlarge them.]
Left: Perspective view from across King's Road looking west. Right: The panel at the top of the building proclaims “CG 1903.” Do the letters CG stand for “Chelsea Guardians”?
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Cherry, Bridget, and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 3: North West. “The Buildings of England.” New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002.
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