Carlyle Square is a garden square off theKing's Road in London'sChelsea district,SW3. The square was laid out on market gardens and was originally calledOakley Square. It was later named in honour of the writerThomas Carlyle in 1872.[1]
The garden at the centre of the square was the site of the annual summer party held by the broadcasterDavid Frost. The party attracted many notable people from British and international society, politics and broadcasting, and was described by theDaily Telegraph in 2008 as "an important fixture for the London media and political party season".[2][3]
1, 2 and 3, and 40, 41 and 42 Carlyle Square arelisted Grade II on theNational Heritage List for England in two groups.[4][5]
No. 2 was the home of the literary brothersOsbert andSacheverell Sitwell in the early 1920s.[6] The composerWilliam Walton lived for many years with the Sitwells at Carlyle Square.[7]
No. 6 was the home of actressSybil Thorndike from 1921 to 1932.[8]
18 Carlyle Square was the home of the spyKim Philby and his family for several years.[9]
21 was the home ofVictor Cavendish-Bentinck, 9th Duke of Portland, who served as Chairman of theJoint Intelligence Committee duringWorld War II.[10]
22 was the residence of actressJoan Bennett and her husband Jack Fox following their 1926 marriage.[11] It was subsequently the home of writerEdna O'Brien, and the broadcasterDavid Frost and his family later lived at No. 22 for 25 years.[12]
26 was the residence of co-founder of the hairdressing chainToni & Guy,Toni Mascolo, paid £8 million for a corner house on the square in 2010.[13] The property was sold in 2021 to venture capitalist Walter Kortschak for £20.2 million.[14]
The Irish nationalist MPWilliam Stacpoole died at his Carlyle Square residence, Cupola House, in 1879.[15]
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