In the shadow of a cherry tree on Kensington Square, a blue plaque confirms that the five-storey Georgian brick house in front of me is where Edward Burne-Jones once lived and where he would have painted some of his Pre-Raphaelite masterpieces.
The property lies between the former homes of Peter Mark Roget, author of the thesaurus, and the celebrated physician John Simon. On the opposite side of the square stand the heritage homes of Hubert Parry, composer of “Jerusalem”, and the liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill.
Today, however, only the super-rich can afford properties on this idyllic west London street – including Linda Wong Davies, a philanthropist who has lived here for 22 years.
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