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Whistler's White House, the studio-house designed in 1877 for him in Tite Street Chelsea by E.W. Godwin. This drawing shows ...

This pub was voted one of the best in the area by Londonist readers. The Palm Tree is a remarkable survivor, standing alone in a Blitzed-out street. Inside, too, time has stopped. The same couple, Val ...