Details of Chesterfield Gardens. Architect: J.T. Wimperis. 1876-78. Mayfair, London W1. [Click on this image and those below to enlarge them.] Charles Magniac MP, who owned Chesterfield House, had Chesterfield Gardens built over the gardens of the larger house in what Bradley and Pevsner describe as an "Eclectic French Renaissance style, with plenty of loggias, canted windows and so on" (520).
Photographs by Robert Freidus. Text, perspective correction, and formatting by George P. Landow. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Bibliography
Bradley, Simon, and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 6: Westminster. “The Buildings of England.” New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003.
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