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Hans Place
Chelsea. (SW1) Probably named from Sir Hans Sloane, the' founder of the British Museum. Was laid. out in 1777 by a Mr. Holland, who built a great house called the Pavilion as a model for the Prince of Wales's Pavilion at Brighton;. it was pulled down in 1879. The grounds comprised 21 acres, and contained a large piece of ornamental water. At No. 25 (now disappeared) was born "L. E. L." (Letitia. Elizabeth Landon) , the poetess who was"dying for a little love," and who spent the greater part of her life here. Shelley stayed here for a short time also. (Chelsea, G. E. Mitton, p. 64)
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