Key Details

Overview

The Gaumont at 196-222 King’s Road is a mixed-use development in Chelsea, London SW3.

The new 220,000 sq ft destination features:
- Flexible retail space, including both small and larger shops on King’s Road and Chelsea Manor Street
- An improved Waitrose store (Waitrose was open throughout the works)
- A large pub in the same location as the existing Trafalgar pub
- An independent cinema which, once completed, will see Curzon reinstated to a 600-seat cinema with improved disabled access and customer experience
- 47 new homes including affordable and market rent
- A rooftop bar providing a unique view across Chelsea and beyond
- 15,000 sq ft of contemporary office space on over 3 floors
- 4 retail units dedicated to uses for Chelsea’s creatives
- Solar panels and a green roof
- The plans will restore the historic façade of the original art-deco Gaumont Palace building.

Transport
The nearest tube station Sloane Square is ca 800 metres from the site.

The work commenced on the first week of April 2018.

History

2018 - Work commenced in April 2018.
The Habitat store closed on 25 March 2018

2015 October - Planning permission from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for partial demolition and redevelopment of the site. The front facade of 206 - 222 King's Road (Habitat and cinema) from the 1930's would be retained and Friese Green House would be retained and refurbished. The remaining buildings on the site (196-204 King’s Road) would be demolished and rebuilt. The 2015 Historic Buildings Report was provided by Donald Insall Associates.