Carlyle Mansions is a block of flats located on Cheyne Walk, in the Chelsea area of London, England. Built in 1886, it was named after Thomas Carlyle, himself a resident of Chelsea for much of his life.
Carlyle Mansions is nicknamed the "Writers’ Block", as it has been home to Henry James, Erskine Childers, T. S. Eliot, Somerset Maugham, Ian Fleming and other noted authors.
Notable residents No. 1: Richard Addinsell, English composer No. 6: Thomas Hare, English political reformer No. 11: Gordon Harker, English actor also Edward Robey, lawyer in the Acid Bath Murders case of the serial killer John George Haigh No. 12a: Melton Prior, English illustrator and war correspondent No. 19: T. S. Eliot, American-British poet and writer also the literary critic John Davy Hayward No. 20: Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist and novelist, author of The Riddle of the Sands No. 21: Henry James, American novelist No. 24: Ian Fleming, novelist, creator of James Bond also Sol Campbell, England and Arsenal football player No. 27: W. Somerset Maugham, British novelist Lionel Davidson, British novelist
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External links Carlyle Mansions, Chesterton Humberts, by Melanie Backe-Hansen