Beauchamp Place

Beauchamp Place (pronounced "Beecham Place") is a fashionable shopping street in the Knightsbridge district of London. Previously known as Grove Place until 1885, it has since evolved into a well-known shopping street.

It was once better known for its brothels and lodging houses, but since the Edwardian era, antique shops and high-end fashion boutiques have dominated the street.^[1]

Beauchamp Place originally referred to a 16th-century mansion belonging to the Seymour family, whose titles included Viscount Beauchamp. It belonged to Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp, who became the Earl of Hertford and was the son of a Lord Protector of England.^[2]

The Italian restaurant San Lorenzo was situated at No. 22 between 1963 and its closure in 2022.^[3] It attracted many celebrities and influential people and became closely associated with Diana, Princess of Wales.^[4] Paparazzi photographers would regularly wait on Beauchamp Place to photograph the diners.^[4]

References

^ Starren, Carolyn (2006). The Kensington book. London: Historical Publications. p. 15. ISBN 9781905286164.
^ Melissa Franklin Harkrider, Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England, p. 47
^ "Mara Berni". The Times. No. 70547. 14 April 2012. p. 81. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
^ ^a ^b Mills, Simon (15 June 2022). "Diana, Liz and the wildest nights at San Lorenzo; During its heyday, it was the place to be seen. It's the end of an era, says Simon Mills". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 October 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2024.