The Sobell Bridge Club

Number 52 Lower Sloane Street started life as part of a handsome late Victorian redevelopment on an old 18th Century site in Chelsea known as Hans Town. The buildings, with their red-brick gables and fine detailing, were in the style dubbed ‘Pont Street Dutch’ and were enviably near the many fashionable milliners, mercers and glove-makers lining Sloane Square.

The Service Women’s Club was founded for serving and former lady officers of the Armed Forces in World War II, before becoming The Helena Club for l