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Basil Street, originally known as North Street, is a street in London's Knightsbridge. It was laid out in the second half of the eighteenth century on land belonging to Lord Cadogan and runs between Sloane Street in the north and the junction of Walton Place and Hans Road in the south. It is joined on its east side by Pavilion Road and Rysbrack Street and crossed by Hans Crescent. Architecturally, it is notable for the design of its blocks of mansion flats. Fashion designer Charles Creed had his premises there after the war and in the 1960s, the first meetings that led to Monty Python's Flying Circus were held at a flat in the street.
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- ↑ "16 Basil Street design and access statement October 2016" (PDF). Stephen Marshall Architects. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ↑ "A Revolution in London Housing | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.