Addison Mansions

Shortly after the birth of Rosalind at Ashfield, Agatha Christie and her husband Archie moved itno Addison Mansions, probably around 1919 or 1920. Addison Mansions comprised two blocks of apartments on Blythe Road, Hammersmith, opposite the Olympia Exhbition Centre and is believed to have been built around 1888. Agatha and Archie first rented a furnished flat on the ground floor (8 Addison Mansions ) for five guineas a week and moved in with nursemaid Jessie Swannell and maid Lucy. They later found another flat at 96 Addison Mansions, in the other block across the courtyard. This was being let for £90 per annum and they rented that instead. After some years, desiring to live in the country, they family moved to Scotswood in Sunningdale, Berkshire.

Addison Mansions no longer exists as the site has been redeveloped. During Christie's time, the building was owned by J. Lyons and Co. who, according to Christie, always planned to pull it down to build something else on the site as their Cadby Hall works was adjacent. Some time after Christie moved out, Lyons converted the building into offices for their company and the building was still standing some thirty years after she lived there. It was later demolished but when this took place is not known.

Some photos of the building can be seen on sites dedicated to the history of J. Lyons and Co.