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on the west side designed in 1903 by John A. Gill Knight for Harry Johnson, are grade II listed with Historic England. They were built in 1915-16 and are noted for their "idiosyncratic design, illustrative of the best of mansion block architecture in the period". They were originally one block but
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was at 31 Basil Street after the Second World War, having escaped the German occupation of Paris by hours. He had his premises there until his death in 1966. They were masculine in tone, with dark panelling on the walls and displays of Napoleonic toy soldiers (Creed had a fine collection that was
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department store. Opposite Harrods, there is an underground car park, and in October 2021 a space there was listed for sale at £250,000 for an 82-year lease with £780 a year in service charges.
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Basil Street was laid out in the second half of the eighteenth century on land belonging to Lord Cadogan when it was named North Street. It was well developed by the time of
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The street was noted by Cherry and Pevsner for its "exuberant 1890s mansion flats sporting flurries of curvaceous bows and balconies". Lincoln House, a pair of identical
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The Basil Street Hotel was at 8 Basil Street for many years before it was sold and closed in September 2005. The biographer
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The west side of the southern end of Basil Street below Hans Crescent is entirely taken up by the rear of the
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in the south. It is joined on its east side by Pavilion Road and Rysbrack Street and crossed by
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had his premises there after the war and in the 1960s, the first meetings that led to
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Heritage, Design and Access Statement – Flat 41 Lincoln House Basil Street SW3 1AW.
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it had " a variety of idiosynchratically decorated rooms" and past guests included
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were sub-divided by J. Hunt in 1947 following damage during the Second World War.
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16 Basil Street was purpose built as Knightsbridge fire station for the
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
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Warwick Hotels & Resorts, 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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were held in the flat, in early May 1969. Cleese practised "
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are located at 22–24 Basil Street and further south the
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Basil Street looking towards Harrods department store
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Knightsbridge
Sloane Street
Walton Place
Hans Road
Hans Crescent
Charles Creed
Richard Horwood


London Fire Brigade
Owen Fleming
Charles Winmill
mansion blocks
Capital Hotel
The Capital Restaurant
Embassy of Colombia
Hans Crescent
Harrods
Charles Creed
Michael Holroyd
James Stewart
John Cleese
Connie Booth
mansion block
Monty Python's Flying Circus
silly walks
Brompton Road: South side.
"Fire Station Details – Knightsbridge old fire station"

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