Walter Pater

Walter Pater is a memorial in South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, England which is located on Earl’s Terrace. Walter Pater is situated nearby to Edwardes Square Garden, as well as near the garden Edwardes Place.

Type: Memorial
Address: 12 Earl’s Terrace, London
Inscription: “Walter Pater (1839-1894) Aesthete and Writer lived and worked here 1885-1893”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Design Museum and Leighton House.

Design Museum

Museum

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The Design Museum in Kensington, London, England, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award. Design Museum is situated 740 feet north of Walter Pater.

Leighton House

Museum

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Leighton House is an historic house in the Holland Park area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. The building was the home of wealthy Victorian painter, and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic Leighton, notable for the popular Flaming June painting. Leighton House is situated 500 feet northwest of Walter Pater.

Holland Park

Park

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Holland Park is an area of Kensington, on the western edge of Central London, that lies within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and largely surrounds its namesake park, Holland Park. Holland Park is situated 1,800 feet north of Walter Pater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Earls Court.

Kensington

Suburb

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Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around 2.9 miles west of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis.

Earls Court

Suburb

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Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast.