Hidden in the quiet back streets of Chelsea, 5 (now 24) Cheyne Row was the home of Thomas and Jane Carlyle. Their literary circle included the philosopher John Stuart Mill and the novelists Charles Dickens, George Eliot and William Thackeray, all of whom paid visits to the Carlyles in their red-brick Queen Anne house. Built around 1708 as part of a row, the house is 3½ storeys with a sunken kitchen and office. The interior features wallpaper by William Morris.