15 Cheyne Walk

House in Chelsea, London, England January 2014 July 2020 thumb|15 Cheyne Walk 15 Cheyne Walk is a Grade II* listed house on Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, built in 1718.1358125 15, CHEYNE WALK SW3 3 December 2013 It was originally known as Carlton House.Cheyne Walk on the wild side – for £5m https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3302943/Cheyne-Walk-on-the-wild-side-for-5m.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140104022822/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3302943/Cheyne-Walk-on-the-wild-side-for-5m.html dead 4 January 2014 The Daily Telegraph Telegraph Media Group Limited 29 November 2013 It is considered to be a replica of 4 Cheyne Walk.15, CHEYNE WALK, CHELSEA http://www.balchin-family.org.uk/CHEYNE%20WALK.html Balchin Family Society 29 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203092615/http://www.balchin-family.org.uk/CHEYNE%20WALK.html 3 December 2013 dead Notable former residents include the landscape painter Cecil Gordon Lawson, the engraver Henry Thomas Ryall, the Allason family, well known for their political and literary influence, and the Baron and Baroness Courtney of Penwith. History When built, it would have been directly on the waterfront, and thus approachable by boat. With the building of Chelsea Embankment, it is now set some way back from the river, but it still has no buildings interrupting the view of the River Thames. It is a four-storey red-brick building with four windows on each floor at the front. The building is Grade II* listed but with a minimal description. Notable residents The first person to live there was Admiral Sir John Balchen (then a captain), who lived there until his death at sea in 1744, aside from two periods in 1724 and 1725–28, when it was rented out to Captain Reginald RN and then to Captain Leonard Wynn RN. On Balchen's death the house passed to his son-in-law Commodore Temple West (later vice-admiral), who had married Balchen's daughter Frances. The Wests lived there until 1755, two years before West's death in 1757. In 1861, Henry Thomas Ryall was living there with his wife Georgina, niece, and two servants.1861 England Census http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/8767/MDXRG9_29_31-0441/140898 1861 England Census Ancestry.co.uk 29 November 2013 In 1871, Cecil Gordon Lawson (1849–1882), the landscape painter was living there with his parents (a number of his works still hang there), William Lawson of Edinburgh, a well-regarded portrait painter, and his wife also known for her flower pieces, along with his two older brothers Francis Wilfrid Lawson (1842–1935), a "historical painter and designer" and Malcolm Leonard Lawson (1847–1918), a "professor of music".1871 England Census http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/7619/LNDRG10_73_76-0308/29054224 1871 England Census Ancestry.co.uk 29 November 2013 In 1918, Baron Courtney of Penwith was living there at the time of his death.1918 http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_222791-00596/4714647 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966 Ancestry.co.uk 29 November 2013 Courtney was a member of Gladstone's second administration from 1880 to 1883 and served as Chairman of Ways and Means (Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons) from 1886 to 1893. In 1919, the widowed Lady Courtney hosted the first meeting of the Fight the Famine Committee at 15 Cheyne Walk. The Save the Children Fund was to develop from that committee.Courtney, Catherine Oldfield Sybil Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/51372/51372 6 December 2013 In 2002, as a "wreck in need of renovation" it was for sale for £5 million. For about 40 years prior to 2002, it had been home to Lieutenant-Colonel James Allason MP, the Conservative Party politician, then his wife Nuala Allason (they divorced in 1974) and their son, fellow former Tory MP Rupert Allason, who also writes spy novels using the pen name Nigel West. The empty house had subsequently been used as a location for the 2002 film The Gathering Storm, about Winston Churchill's wilderness years. It was used as the home of Churchill's friend Sir Desmond Morton, played by Jim Broadbent. See also 4 Cheyne Walk References 51.48399 -0.16573 type:landmark_region:GB dms title Category:Buildings and structures on the River Thames Category:Grade II* listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:Grade II* listed houses in London Category:Houses completed in 1718 Category:Houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Category:Queen Anne architecture in the United Kingdom Category:1718 establishments in England