Coleherne Court is a large apartment block on the Old Brompton Road in the Earl's Court district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Coleherne Court stands on the site of the former Coleherne House and Hereford House. It was built between 1901 and 1904. It was constructed in red brick and Portland stone.[1]
Notable residents
editPrincess Mestchersky, a leader of White Russian emigres from the Russian Revolution, lived at Coleherne Court following her escape from Russia.[1] The actor Stewart Granger was born in Flat 60 in May 1913.[1] In the 1950s Coleherne Court was the residence of the novelist Brigit Brophy. The actor Corin Redgrave lived at Flat 116 and held meetings of the Workers Revolutionary Party there.[2] Other residents include the authors Stephen Vizinczey in the early 1970s and Sir Charles Petrie, 3rd Baronet in the 1960s.[3][4]
The Soviet spy Oleg Penkovsky was debriefed by MI6 in July 1961 in a safe house flat they operated in Coleherne Court.[5]
Lady Diana Spencer lived at Flat 60 at Coleherne Court from 1979 to 1981. Diana's deposit on the flat came from the £50,000 (equivalent to £319,516 in 2023) that was left to her by her great-grandmother, the American heiress Frances Ellen Work. She subsequently rented out the spare bedrooms of the flat for £18 a week (equivalent to £115 in 2023) to friends. She moved out of the flat to live at Clarence House shortly before her engagement to Charles, Prince of Wales was announced in 1981.[6] Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd, sold her flat in 1981.[6]
Sophie Rhys-Jones also lived at Coleherne Court prior to her 1999 wedding to Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh.[2]
Coleherne Court has large communal gardens and 24-hour porterage.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Colherne Court East in 1913 - 20th Century". Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Colherne Court in 2006 - 21st Century". Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Author awarded ½p damages in libel case". The Times. No. 58169. 11 May 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "No Defence Evidence". The Times. No. 56546. 3 February 1966. p. 17. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ West, Nigel (2006). At Her Majesty's Secret Service: The Chiefs of Britain's Intelligence Service, M16. Frontline Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-8483-2894-5.
- ^ a b c Coke, Hope (11 May 2022). "Your chance to live in the charming South Kensington mansion block that was once home to Princess Diana". Tatler. Retrieved 4 January 2023.