# Chepstow Place

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thumb|Chepstow Place (centre vertically) on an 1872 Ordnance Survey map.

'''Chepstow Place''' is a street in London that runs from the junction of [Westbourne Grove](/source/Westbourne_Grove) and [Pembridge Villas](/source/Pembridge_Villas) in the north to [Pembridge Square](/source/Pembridge_Square) in the south. It is crossed by [Dawson Place](/source/Dawson_Place%2C_London) and joined on its eastern side by Rede Place. The east side is in the [City of Westminster](/source/City_of_Westminster) and the west side in the [Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea](/source/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea).

==History==
The street was one of those in the area developed in the mid-nineteenth century by [William Henry Jenkins](/source/William_Henry_Jenkins), originally of [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire), and [William Kinnaird Jenkins](/source/William_Kinnaird_Jenkins), who leased land on the [Ladbroke Estate](/source/Ladbroke_Estate) from 1844.<ref name=EncylLon>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&pg=PA469 "Ladbroke Estate"] in {{cite book|author1=Christopher Hibbert|author1-link=Christopher Hibbert|author2=Ben Weinreb|author2-link=Ben Weinreb|author3=John Keay|author4=Julia Keay|title=[The London Encyclopaedia](/source/The_London_Encyclopaedia)|year=2008|edition=3rd|location=London|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-73878-2|page=469}}</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp258-275 Chepstow Villas and Pembridge Square area.] British History Online. Retrieved 11 June 2018.</ref> The origins of the Jenkins is reflected in the many Hereford and Welsh names used in local streets such as Chepstow and the nearby Pembridge, Ledbury and Denbigh.<ref name=EncylLon2>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wN_H-__MBpYC&pg=PA632 "Pembridge Villas"] in Hibbert et al., p. 632.</ref>

==Buildings==
* The street was once the location of [Bradleys](/source/Bradleys_(fur_retailers)) furriers at number one. The site is now Baynards.<ref>[http://www.bgml.co.uk/history/ History.] Baynards. Retrieved 11 June 2018.</ref>
* 16 Chepstow Place, was the last address of the writer [Julian Maclaren-Ross](/source/Julian_Maclaren-Ross) (1912–64) and the address of Bartholomew Malthus, a character in [Robert Louis Stevenson](/source/Robert_Louis_Stevenson)'s story ''[The Suicide Club](/source/The_Suicide_Club_(short_story_collection))''.<ref>[https://idler.co.uk/article/the-last-london/ The Last London.] Iain Sinclair, ''The Idler''. Retrieved 11 June 2018.</ref>
* The Italian restaurant Assaggi is located at number 39.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/food-drink/article/giles-coren-reviews-assaggi-p5p9cvnxs Giles Coren reviews Assaggi.] Gils Coren, ''The Times'', 17 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018. {{subscription required}}</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/reviews/assaggi-39-chepstow-place-london-w2-2154655.html Assaggi.] Robert Chalmers, ''The Independent'', 12 December 2010.</ref>
* Number 55 was the location for the famous image of the titular characters sitting on its steps for '[Withnail and I](/source/Withnail_and_I)'.
* Numbers 61-69 are [grade II listed](/source/grade_II_listed) with [Historic England](/source/Historic_England).<ref name=NHL>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1066262|desc=61-69, Chepstow Place W2|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref>
* Numbers 21 to 23 Pembridge Square, on the corner with Chepstow Place, are all grade II listed.

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File:Baynards, 1 Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, London W2.jpg|Baynards at 1 Chepstow Place, formerly [Bradleys](/source/Bradleys_(fur_retailers)).
File:Chepstow Mansions.jpg|Chepstow Mansions on the corner with Pembridge Villas (right)
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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Category:Streets in the City of Westminster
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