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Finest Hour 112, Autumn 2001

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Compiled by Richard M. Langworth

A compendium of facts eventually to appear as a reader’s guide.

Official residences (5) such as Admiralty House and Downing Street are listed only for the periods the Churchills actually resided there. Residences asterisked (*) are London addresses which carry the blue historical plaque. (It is not clear whether the Churchills fully vacated Hyde Park Gate during the 1951-55 Premiership.)

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Included are temporary quarters, such as the Ivor and Freddie Guest residences, used between homes; and holiday rentals: Pear Tree Cottage (occupied for summer holidays at the outbreak of World War I); Hoe Farm, where Churchill learned to paint; and “Hosey Rigge,” rented by WSC during the overhaul of Chartwell, which he nicknamed “Cozy Pig.”

Key references are Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, by Mary Soames; and the official biography, Winston S. Churchill, by Randolph S. Churchill and Sir Martin Gilbert.

London Primary Residences

Charles Street (1874-1879).
The Little Lodge, Dublin (1877-1880).
29 St. James’s Place (1880-1883).
35A Great Cumberland Place (1883-1900).
105 Mount Street (1900-1905): Winston’s first bachelor flat.
12 Bolton Street (1905-March 1909): the first house ever of his own.
*33 Eccleston Square (Spring 1909-April 1913).
^Admiralty House (April 1913-May 1915).
41 Cromwell Road (June 1915-Autumn 1916): co-rented with Winston’s brother Jack (John Strange Spencer Churchill) and their families.
*33 Eccleston Square (Autumn 1916-Spring 1917).
16 Lower Berkeley Street (September-November 1918).
1 Dean Trench Street (rented from early 1919 to early 1920).
*2 Sussex Square (March 1920-January 1924): destroyed in the Blitz,
f 11 Downing Street (January 1924-April 1929).
113 Eaton Square (April 1929 into 1932)
*11 Morpeth Mansions (long-term lease, 1932-September 1939).
^Admiralty House (September 1939-July 1940).
510 Downing Street & Number Ten Annexe Quly 1940-July 1945).
*28 Hyde Park Gate (October 1945-January 1965).
510 Downing Street (December 1951-April 1955).

Country Houses

Lullenden, East Grinstead, W. Sussex (Spring 1917-Autumn 1919).
Chartwell, Westerham, Kent (April 1924-January 1965).

Temporary and Holiday Quarters

22 Carlton House Terrace (Spring 1909): loaned by cousin Freddie Guest.
Pear Tree Cottage, Overstrand, near Cromer, Norfolk: (Summer 1914).
21 Arlington Street (May-June 1915: loaned by Ivor Guest.
Hoe Farm, Godalming, Surrey (Summer 1915).
16 Lower Berkeley Street (Autumn 1918).
3 Tenderden Street (Autumn 1918)
Templeton, Roehampton (Winter 1919-Spring 1920): with Freddie Guest.
Hosey Rigge, Westerham, Kent (1923-1924): rented by WSC.