Swan House
Swan House is a Grade II* listed house at 17 Chelsea Embankment on the north bank of the River Thames in Chelsea, central London, England. Built in 1876 by the architect Richard Norman Shaw, architecturally it is relevant both to the Queen Anne Revival and to the Arts and Crafts movement.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: House
- Description: house in Chelsea, London
- Also known as: “Old Swan House” and “Swan House, Chelsea Embankment”
- Address: 17 Chelsea Embankment, London, SW3 4LA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chelsea Physic Garden and Albert Bridge.
Chelsea Physic Garden
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. Chelsea Physic Garden is situated 380 feet northeast of Swan House.
Albert Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pretaxrain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 960 feet southwest of Swan House.
National Army Museum
Museum
Photo: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". National Army Museum is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Swan House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelsea and Sutton Dwellings.
Chelsea
Suburb
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
Sutton Dwellings
Neighborhood
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton Dwellings, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in Chelsea, London, United Kingdom.
World’s End
Neighborhood
Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.
World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.
Swan House
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.48399° or 51° 29′ 2″ northLongitude
-0.16347° or 0° 9′ 49″ westLevels
4Open location code
9C3XFRMP+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 902224518OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseWikidata ID
Q15979543
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Swan House” goes by many names.
- German: “Swan House”
- Turkish: “Swan House”
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