Marc Bolan's House — 31 Clarendon Gardens
Where Marc Bolan lived during T. Rex's rise to fame
31 Clarendon Gardens, Maida Vale
London, United Kingdom
51.5243° N · -0.1808° W
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Bolan moved into the first-floor flat here around December 1970, right as "Ride a White Swan" hit the Top 10. This was home through the best of it — eleven Top 10 singles, the lot.
The flat showed up in interviews and press photos constantly. Fans worked out the address and started leaving presents outside. Some wrote on the walls. He moved out in late 1972, heading to a place near Marble Arch where he could get some peace.
Visiting Today
It's a stuccoed Victorian house in Little Venice with an English Heritage blue plaque. Private residence — you can see the plaque from the street.
Bolan moved into the first-floor flat here around December 1970, right as "Ride a White Swan" hit the Top 10. This was home through the best of it — eleven Top 10 singles, the lot.
The flat showed up in interviews and press photos constantly. Fans worked out the address and started leaving presents outside. Some wrote on the walls. He moved out in late 1972, heading to a place near Marble Arch where he could get some peace.
Visiting Today
It's a stuccoed Victorian house in Little Venice with an English Heritage blue plaque. Private residence — you can see the plaque from the street.
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