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A steady stream of additions were made to the manorialestate as sizeable blocks of land came up for sale. SirHans Sloane bought the Beaufort House estate of c.7 a.in 1737. (fn. 118) In 1794 Charles, Lord Cadogan, purchased8½ a. comprising the farmhouse with barn, garden, andmeadow at Sandy End from the trustees of EdwardBurnaby Greene's estate; (fn...

The medieval manor house and its gardens andoutbuildings lay to the east of Church Lane, encirclingthe north and east sides of the parish church. It wasprobably the house let for 5 years by John Shoreditch toJohn Bacun, clerk, in 1383, when Shoreditch reservedthe solar and chimney of the new chamber to himself butBacun was to have the chamber under...

The new manor house, usually called Chelsea Place, wasbuilt about a fifth of a mile to the east of the medievalhouse, fronting the riverside. Since the early 17th centuryit has been claimed that Chelsea Place was built by HenryVIII, but there is no contemporary evidence for this, nordid the king show any particular interest in Chelsea. (fn. 131) Ch...

An Act had been passed in 1663 to enable the bishop ofWinchester to dispose of the old Winchester palace inSouthwark, which had been destroyed during the CivilWar, and to purchase another suitable house in or nearLondon. In 1664 he bought from Cheyne the17th-century part of Chelsea Place: the new house,which became known as Winchester House, therea...

Since the Tudor house was demolished as late as the1750s, it is surprising that there are no known authenticimages of that house. The drawing first published byFaulkner, the basis of all subsequent known pictures,was said to come from an 'old roll' and is ratherdubious. (fn. 160) It seems to show only the rear or north side,and the 17th-century ext...