56 Old Church Street has always been the home to the rector of Chelsea parish church and was where the Battle of Waterloo was planned.
It was formerly home to the rector of Chelsea parish church, which was Chelsea Old Church, which dates from 1157, until the larger St Luke's Church, Chelsea was consecrated in 1824, when the rector from 1805 to 1832 was George Valerian Wellesley, brother of the Duke of Wellington. 
In February 1995, it sold for 22 million to Greek shipping magnate Theodore Angelopoulos, and was for many years London's largest and most expensive property sale in the UK. 
In 2001, Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredriksen bought the property for 37 million. 
