Henry the VIII's Chelsea Manor HouseHidden
behind the leafy garden at the end of Cheyne studios by Cheyne walk, is all that
is left of King Henry VIII 's old Manor House. It was built in 1536, before the
embankment was built and was right on the edge of the river Thames, making it easy to
travel by boat to the Tower of London or Richmond Palace. Alongside the remaining wall are some mulberry trees said to have been planted by Queen Elizabeth I. The manor house was also the home of Sir Hans Sloane, who died in 1753,after
whom the nearby locations of Sloane Square and Sloane Street were named. The
largest fruiting Olive Tree in the UK grows here in the garden which is
now the site of one of London's many secret attractions.
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