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We have 4 properties available in this mansion block.Click a link below to see these properties on the Greene & Co website.
About Morshead Mansions
Morshead Mansions was built in 1899 and occupied by 1901. When it was first built Morshead Mansions was described as 'of modern construction fitted throughout for modern requirements'.
One of the earliest residents, at 1a Morshead Mansions, was William Henry Pearce, the original owner. Mr William Pearce was one of the builders who developed property within the Maida Vale area. In the 1880s he built houses in Shirland Road and in 1895 he built up Essendine Road with over 60 houses.
History
Morshead Mansions made the newspapers early on in its existence. A court case was reported in the Times newspaper in 1902 involving a claim by Miss Charlotte Florence Forsythe, one the earliest residents of Morshead Mansions, for damages against Dr William Thomas Law for 'negligent and improper treatment' by prescribing morphia and other drugs including cocaine. She became addicted to the 'morphia habit' and was in danger of losing her mind and her life. She lived for a while in 1901 in a flat at Morshead Mansions where she was 'reduced to such a state that her life was in grave danger'. Her relations then discovered the state of things and forbade Dr Law to attend to her any further.
About
Greene & Co
Greene & Co are estate agents specialising in residential property sales and lettings predominantly within North West London. The family tree consists of Greene & Co agencies in West Hampstead and Maida Vale, Home in Belsize Park and Urban Spaces in Clerkenwell.