Sutton Dwellings Chelsea (now the Sutton Estate Chelsea) was designed by respected architect Edward Charles Philip Monson.
Sutton Dwellings Chelsea was completed in 1913.
In 1861 William Richard Sutton started the UK’s first door-to-door long distance parcel service. Sutton’s highly successful long distance postal package service alongside other business ventures allowed for the build up of huge reserves of personal wealth.
Before his death in 1900, Sutton made a last Will and Testament which would see his vast fortune left to house families on low incomes suffering from poor living standards. Many of the Sutton Estate’s first residents were women on low income jobs. Over 2000 people found a place they could call home at the Sutton Estate.
