Manresa Road
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Manresa Road is a street in Chelsea, London. In 2015, it was the third most expensive street in England and Wales.
Location
The street runs roughly north to south, from Chelsea Square to King's Road.
The Hampshire School is based at no 15.
==History==
The former Chelsea College is now apartments.
The Trafalgar Studios was a set three-storey, 15-unit block of purpose-built artists' studios, built in 1878 by John Brass.{{cite book|title=Settlement and building: Artists and Chelsea|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=28699|accessdate=23 January 2014|series=A History of the County of Middlesex|volume=12|year=2004|pages=102–106}} Notable artists who have lived there include Henry Jamyn Brooks, Albert Arthur Toft, Edward Gordon Craig, Frank Brangwyn, Mervyn Peake, and Clifford Hall.
In December 2015, it was considered to be the third most expensive street in England, with an average property price of £7,359,000, according to research from Lloyds Bank, based on Land Registry data.{{cite news|last1=Hutchison|first1=Clare|title=Kensington and Chelsea home to 12 of the top 20 most expensive streets in England and Wales|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/kensington-and-chelsea-home-to-12-of-the-top-20-most-expensive-streets-in-england-and-wales-a3135051.html|accessdate=12 December 2015|work=The Evening Standard|date=11 December 2015}}
In April 2015, The Guardian reported that a British financier in his late 30s had agreed to buy an apartment at no.21, a 19th-century building, formerly part of Chelsea College of Science and Technology, for £27 million, making it the world's most expensive apartment.{{cite news |last1=Sturcke |first1=James |title=Record £27m for a flat in Chelsea - without fittings |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2004/apr/05/property.homebuying |accessdate=28 April 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=5 April 2004}} The building had been owned by Bernie Ecclestone, before being acquired and developed by Christian and Nick Candy.
Notable residents
- Ernest Dade and Nelson Dawson rented studios at Manresa Road.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbrj.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2etbrj%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fsearch%2ehtml&WD=dade&PN=copy_of_Ernest_Dade_1864_1935%2ehtml%23a235#a235|title=Ernest Dade – Staithes Group Artist|accessdate=29 May 2013}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Frank Dobson, sculptor, had a studio there during the interwar period.
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Category:Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea