Cremorne and the later London gardensWroth, Warwick William
History
Cremorne and the later London gardens
Wroth, Warwick William
London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950; Parks -- England -- London
[This account is mainly based on a large collection of bills, views, and
newspaper matter formed by the writer. Some interesting details in
Bishop H. H. Montgomery’s _Kennington_, 1889, chap. xi.; Walford, _Old
and New London_; Blanchard in _Era Almanack_, 1871, p. 4; Blanchard’s
_Life_.
Views: Plan of the gardens prefixed to the _Companion to the Royal Surrey
Gardens_, third edition, 1835. Lithograph published by Havell in 1832
(W.). Lithograph by Alvey, 1836. Views in the _Mirror_, 1832.
_Illustrated London News_, July 19, 1856 (view of gardens in 1856). The
annual panoramas were regularly pictured in the _Mirror_ and the
_Illustrated London News_.]
LIST OF MINOR GARDENS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
IN this list, which, though long, is not exhaustive, it is not
practicable to do more than indicate the site and the _approximate_ date.
Many of these places were only small gardens attached to public-houses.
I.—CHELSEA, PIMLICO, ETC.
BLACK LION, Chelsea.—Church Street (formerly Church Lane), at the corner
of Paulton Street (_circa_ 1820).
ADMIRAL KEPPEL, Chelsea.—Now No. 77, Fulham Road. The gardens lay
between Marlborough Road and Keppel Street, and extended to Albert Place
at the back of the tavern (1790–1856).
MARLBOROUGH (afterwards WELLINGTON) GARDENS and Cricket Ground.—West end
of Cadogan Street. The gardens and cricket field lay between Cadogan
Street and Draycott Place, and part of the Guinness Trust Buildings in
Marlborough Road are now on the site (_circa_ 1794–1850, or later).
SIX BELLS, NO. 197, King’s Road, Chelsea.—Still preserves a small garden
and bowling-green. (View in P. Norman’s _London Vanished_, etc., p.
264.)
THE SWAN, Chelsea.—Old Swan House (No. 20, Embankment Gardens) is on part
of the site (_circa_ 1780–1873). (Blunt’s _Chelsea_, p. 116; _cf._ p.
119 for the older Swan (_circa_ 1780) in Chelsea.)
KENSINGTON.—Several small gardens: The King’s Arms (early nineteenth
century); White Horse to _circa_ 1850 (now Holland Arms, No. 1, St. Mary
Abbot’s Terrace).
HOOP AND TOY, Brompton.—Now No. 34, Thurloe Place, S.W. (_circa_
1833–1860).
KING’S ARMS, Pimlico.—Now No. 68, Ranelagh Road. The gardens were near
the river, between Claverton Street and Ranelagh Road (_circa_
1820–1850).
NEW RANELAGH GARDENS, Pimlico.—See _supra_, p. 28.
THE GUN, Pimlico.—The Buckingham Palace Hotel on part of the site
(_circa_ 1830–1857).
THE MONSTER, St. George’s Row, Pimlico.—Now 2, Sutherland Terrace
(_circa_ 1820–1830 and later).
THE FLASK, Ebury Square.—See _supra_, p. 29.
ORANGE TEA-GARDENS, Pimlico (with amateur theatre).—St. Barnabas’ Schools
in Church Street, Pimlico Road, on site (_circa_ 1830–1845). These
gardens were not identical (as incorrectly stated in _London
Pleasure-Gardens_, p. 219) with those of Strombolo House, which is still
standing, and now numbered 77 and 79, Pimlico Road.
UNION TEA-GARDENS.—Now No. 11, Pimlico Road, at the corner of Ranelagh
Grove (_circa_ 1802–1846).
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