Chelsea China and Tobias Smollett blue plaque

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# 16 Lawrence Street Standing before this elegant Georgian townhouse on Lawrence Street, you're witnessing the convergence of two remarkable creative worlds: on the ground floor and workshops below, Chinese porcelain craftsmen were painstakingly hand-painting delicate teacups, plates, and figurines...

Location

16 Lawrence Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3

Inscription

Chelsea China was manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street 1745-1784. Tobias Smollett 1721-1771 novelist also lived in part of the house from 1750 to 1762