# Cheyne Row

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{{Short description|Street in Chelsea, London, England}}
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'''Cheyne Row''' is a residential street in [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea%2C_London), London.

It runs roughly north to south from the crossroads with [Upper Cheyne Row](/source/Upper_Cheyne_Row), where it becomes [Glebe Place](/source/Glebe_Place), leading down to a t-junction with [Cheyne Walk](/source/Cheyne_Walk) which forms an embankment of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames). It was named after [Charles Cheyne, 1st Viscount Newhaven](/source/Charles_Cheyne%2C_1st_Viscount_Newhaven) (c. 1624–1698) who purchased the manor of Chelsea in [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), then a rural village.

==Notable buildings==
16–34, including Carlyle's House at No 24, are grade II* listed, and built in 1708.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1358141|desc=16-34 Cheyne Row SW3 |grade=II* |accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> 22-33 are grade II listed.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1358141|desc=23-33 Cheyne Row SW3 |grade=II |accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref>

The grade II listed Roman Catholic parish church, [Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea](/source/Church_of_Our_Most_Holy_Redeemer_and_St_Thomas_More%2C_Chelsea) is on the corner of Cheyne Row and [Upper Cheyne Row](/source/Upper_Cheyne_Row).<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1265563|desc=Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More|access-date=28 March 2018|mode=cs2}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
No 24 was home to the historian [Thomas Carlyle](/source/Thomas_Carlyle) and is now known as [Carlyle's House](/source/Carlyle's_House) and is a [National Trust](/source/National_Trust) property open to the public. It was later home to the actor and writer [Thea Holme](/source/Thea_Holme) (1904–1980), who moved there when her husband became the house's curator.

In 1833, [Leigh Hunt](/source/Leigh_Hunt), a friend of Carlyle, moved next door.

In 1780, the artist [John Collett](/source/John_Collett_(artist)) died at his home there.

By 1921, the American historian [Hope Emily Allen](/source/Hope_Emily_Allen) was living at 116 Cheyne Row with her friend, the scientist-artist [Marietta Pallis](/source/Marietta_Pallis).

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