Lantern House

Lantern House is a house in South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, England, which is located on Elvaston Mews. Lantern House is situated near the government office Embassy of Gabon, as well as near High Commission of Mauritius.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Natural History Museum and Science Museum.

Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Natural History Museum in London, England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 1,200 feet east of Lantern House.

Science Museum

Museum

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The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025. Science Museum is situated 1,100 feet east of Lantern House.

Royal Albert Hall

Theater building

Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Lantern House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Kensington and Brompton.

South Kensington

Suburb

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.

Brompton

Suburb

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Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, is an area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex.

Knightsbridge

Suburb

Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.

Lantern House

Type: House
Address: 1a Elvaston Mews, London, SW7 5HY
Categories: building and residential building
Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49731° or 51° 29′ 50″ north

Longitude

-0.18106° or 0° 10′ 52″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C3XFRW9+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 492223312

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Embassy of Gabon and High Commission of Mauritius.

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