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Hans Place
Hans Place (usually pronounced /ˈhænz/ HANZ) is a garden square in the Knightsbridge district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, immediately south of Harrods in SW1. It is named after Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), physician and collector, notable for his bequest, which became the foundation of the British Museum.
Hans Place dates from the 1770s, when the architect Henry Holland leased 89 acres (36 ha) from Earl Cadogan and funded the building of his house by laying out a square which he sub-let in building plots. The octagonal shape of the square is thought to have been modelled on the Place Vendôme in Paris. Horwood's Maps of 1799 and 1813 confirm that, with the exception of Nos. 55–56, all of the lots had been developed by the first edition, and that the final two houses were complete by the second.
The houses were let on 99-year leases, and apart from modernisation from time to time, appear to have remained unchanged during this period. The 1862 Ordnance Survey, for example, shows that none of the houses had been extended over the gardens, and annual directories record good tenancies with no obvious gaps during which major works might have been undertaken. Most of the 18th-century houses in Hans Place were substantially rebuilt by Cadogan Estates when new leases were arranged in the late 19th century, adopting a style that became so closely associated with the district that Osbert Lancaster dubbed it "Pont Street Dutch".
During World War II, Hans Place received bomb damage and substantial repairs were required to many buildings, and where buildings were not repairable new development took place, particularly on the Pavilion Road side. Numbers 14, 16, 17–22 and 23–27 Hans Place are all Grade II listed for their architectural merit.
Jane Austen resided at 23 Hans Place in 1814–15, the home of her brother Henry Thomas Austen, while she was writing Emma (novel).
34 Hans place was the residence of William Layman from around 1816, until his death in 1826, when he left the lease to his widow, the former Elizabeth Perry, eldest surviving daughter of John Perry (shipbuilder) founder of the Blackwall Yard, whom he had married in 1798. Elizabeth Layman continued to live at 34 Hans Place until her death there in Jan 1837. As 34 Hans Place is one of only a couple of houses that are still of original construction, it is (unknowingly) William Layman's house that is used to show what Henry Austen's house would have looked.
26 Hans Place was home of Archibald Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan and family including his daughter Hon .Elsie Cameron Corbett who became an ambulance driver in Serbia during World War I and was awarded medals by the British and Serbian governments.
22 Hans Place formed the headquarters of the 1921 Irish Treaty delegation. The delegates were Arthur Griffith, Robert Barton, and Michael Collins; Secretary to the delegation was Robert Erskine Childers, who was also Robert Barton's cousin and father of the fourth President of Ireland Erskine Hamilton Childers. At 11.15 PM on 5 December 1921, the delegates made the historic decision to recommend the treaty to the Dáil Éireann; the negotiations finally closed with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty at 2.20am on 6 December 1921. Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the poet L.E.L., lived and worked on the top floor of 22 Hans Place between 1826 and 1837. She was born at No. 25 in 1802.
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Hans Place
Hans Place (usually pronounced /ˈhænz/ HANZ) is a garden square in the Knightsbridge district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, immediately south of Harrods in SW1. It is named after Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet, PRS (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), physician and collector, notable for his bequest, which became the foundation of the British Museum.
Hans Place dates from the 1770s, when the architect Henry Holland leased 89 acres (36 ha) from Earl Cadogan and funded the building of his house by laying out a square which he sub-let in building plots. The octagonal shape of the square is thought to have been modelled on the Place Vendôme in Paris. Horwood's Maps of 1799 and 1813 confirm that, with the exception of Nos. 55–56, all of the lots had been developed by the first edition, and that the final two houses were complete by the second.
The houses were let on 99-year leases, and apart from modernisation from time to time, appear to have remained unchanged during this period. The 1862 Ordnance Survey, for example, shows that none of the houses had been extended over the gardens, and annual directories record good tenancies with no obvious gaps during which major works might have been undertaken. Most of the 18th-century houses in Hans Place were substantially rebuilt by Cadogan Estates when new leases were arranged in the late 19th century, adopting a style that became so closely associated with the district that Osbert Lancaster dubbed it "Pont Street Dutch".
During World War II, Hans Place received bomb damage and substantial repairs were required to many buildings, and where buildings were not repairable new development took place, particularly on the Pavilion Road side. Numbers 14, 16, 17–22 and 23–27 Hans Place are all Grade II listed for their architectural merit.
Jane Austen resided at 23 Hans Place in 1814–15, the home of her brother Henry Thomas Austen, while she was writing Emma (novel).
34 Hans place was the residence of William Layman from around 1816, until his death in 1826, when he left the lease to his widow, the former Elizabeth Perry, eldest surviving daughter of John Perry (shipbuilder) founder of the Blackwall Yard, whom he had married in 1798. Elizabeth Layman continued to live at 34 Hans Place until her death there in Jan 1837. As 34 Hans Place is one of only a couple of houses that are still of original construction, it is (unknowingly) William Layman's house that is used to show what Henry Austen's house would have looked.
26 Hans Place was home of Archibald Corbett, 1st Baron Rowallan and family including his daughter Hon .Elsie Cameron Corbett who became an ambulance driver in Serbia during World War I and was awarded medals by the British and Serbian governments.
22 Hans Place formed the headquarters of the 1921 Irish Treaty delegation. The delegates were Arthur Griffith, Robert Barton, and Michael Collins; Secretary to the delegation was Robert Erskine Childers, who was also Robert Barton's cousin and father of the fourth President of Ireland Erskine Hamilton Childers. At 11.15 PM on 5 December 1921, the delegates made the historic decision to recommend the treaty to the Dáil Éireann; the negotiations finally closed with the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty at 2.20am on 6 December 1921. Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the poet L.E.L., lived and worked on the top floor of 22 Hans Place between 1826 and 1837. She was born at No. 25 in 1802.