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Chesham Place is a street in Belgravia, London UK, running between Belgrave Square and Pont Street. [1] It is home to several embassies and has had many distinguished residents.

It was first laid out in 1831, and includes a number of listed buildings.

Chesham Place and nearby Chesham Street take their name from the town of Chesham in Buckinghamshire, and were named by William Lowndes who owned the leases on this and nearby land.

It gives its name to Chesham Amalgamations, founded at number 36 in 1962.

Individual properties

The British Red Cross and St John's War Organisation used the house during World War 2 (1939–1945) and then the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship leased 38 Chesham Place until 1975 when it became the Embassy of Finland. [8]

The entrance to the Embassy of Germany in Belgrave Square fronts on to 3, Chesham Place.

Chesham House was the home of the Russian Embassy from 1853 until the formation of the USSR in May 1927. [9]

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