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It is known for being a former residence and the death place of Sir Winston Churchill.

The numbering system was changed in 1884, e.g. Number 11 became 20.

Notable residents

Number 6

  • The Consular Section of the Embassy of Algeria

Number 9

Number 14

  • Margaret Kennedy, novelist

Number 16

  • The Embassy of Estonia

Number 17

Number 18

  • Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor and painter

Number 19

Number 22

  • Vanessa Bell, painter
  • Virginia Woolf, writer
  • Sir Leslie Stephen, scholar and writer (previously at 20, born at 42)
  • Julia Stephen, philanthropist, writer, artist's model

Number 24

  • Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, politician and Chancellor of The Exchequer (1983–1989)
  • Nigella Lawson, food writer, journalist and broadcaster

Number 28

  • Sir Winston Churchill, former prime minister, who died there
  • Donatella Flick, socialite, lived there in the 1990s
  • The Marquess of Bath acquired the property in 2023

Number 29

  • Sir Roderick Jones, director of Reuters, and Enid Bagnold, novelist and playwright

Number 34

  • The High Commission of Fiji

Number 38

  • The Embassy of the Netherlands

Number 45 (Stoke Lodge)

  • Residence of the High Commissioners of Australia, since 1950.

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