The Vale, Chelsea
The Vale is a street in Chelsea, London.
It runs roughly north to south, from a junction with Elm Park Road and Elm Park Gardens (effectively its northern continuation) to a T-junction in the south where it meets the King's Road.
In December 2022, it was reckoned to be the eighth most expensive street in the United Kingdom.[1]
Most of the west side, 3-29 The Vale, is
Henry Tonks, the artist and surgeon, lived at no 1 from 1910 until his death in 1937.[5][6] His 1928–1929 painting Saturday Night in the Vale was bought by Sir William Orpen in 1929 and bequeathed to Tate in 1932.[7] It depicts George Moore reading aloud from his novel Aphrodite in Aulis to an audience of St John Hutchinson, his wife Mary Hutchinson, Philip Wilson Steer, and Tonks.[7]
References
- ^ Neate, Rupert (21 December 2022). "Easy street: these are the most expensive streets in the UK". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ Historic England (20 October 1997). "3-29, The Vale SW3 (Grade II) (1031506)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ a b Hearn, Adrian (21 May 2015). "This is what £16million gets you in Chelsea". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ https://assets.savills.com/properties/GBSSHSSLH180026/SLH180026_SLH18001116.PDF [bare URL]
- ^ "Henry Tonks, Vale Studio, 1 The Vale, Chelsea, to Clausen | Archives | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk.
- ^ "Henry Tonks at the Vale: Head of Tonks, dead, 1937 (pencil on paper)". www.bridgemanimages.com.
- ^ a b "'Saturday Night in the Vale', Henry Tonks, 1928–9". Tate.