Rossetti Studios, 72 Flood Street, Chelsea SW3

Exceptional artists’ premises in the heart Chelsea. Situated on the west side of Flood Street, Rossetti Studios are only a few minutes’ walk from the King’s Road and close to Royal Hospital Road and Chelsea Embankment.

The area is well served by restaurants, pubs and shops, and renowned for art galleries and cultural institutions. It is well-connected, with numerous bus routes and Sloane Square (Circle & District lines) underground close by.

Constructed in 1894 by Edward Holland, these Grade II Working Studios with ancillary accommodation are rare surviving examples of Chelsea
Artists’ Studios. Cadogan have recently undertaken a sympathetic refurbishment to provide a variety of eight different spaces – new homes
for creatives to further enhance Chelsea’s artistic pedigree.

Over the years, Rossetti Studios have been a focus of artistic Chelsea. In 1904 Augustus John and William Orpen set up The Chelsea Art School from Studios 4 and 5, with notable figures such as Henry Lamb, Bernard Leach, and Joseph Epstein frequenting the premises. Throughout the 1960s, the Studios remained a hub for influential artists, photographers, and theatre
professionals, with residents like painter Anthony Devas (in Studio 7) and photographer Ronald Traeger.

Today, the studios are approached through an archway leading into a courtyard with access to the main entrance. This in turn leads to a central communal passageway with studios either side. The layout of the studios is varied with some being arranged over the ground floor with a mezzanine floor and the bigger studios have a bathroom and kitchenette and ancillary living accommodation with a large studio on the first floor.