View of Sterling Street, Knightsbridge. Originally named Harriet Street then Alfred Street, Sterling Street was renamed in 1890 after local resident Alfred Sterling, a noted journalist for The Times. In 1891 residents were typically dressmakers, clerks, and shop assistants. In the early-twentieth century the street began to attract people of higher social position. Three-storey terrace at numbers 1-6 were built during the early- to mid-nineteenth century. Grade II listed, entry 1236688. Number 1 bears a blue plaque to cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959). Three-storey terrace at numbers 8-10 on the left with basements and cast-iron balconies on the first floor. Number 8 was begun in 1825-6 by William Darby and is the oldest house on Sterling Street and Grade II listed, entry 1236703. Numbers 9 and 10 were built for T. W. M. Marriott in 1852–3. Adjacent to number 10, on the corner with Montpelier Place, is The Nelson pub. It was rebuilt in 1938-39 and is now a private residence. At the southern end of Sterling Street, numbers 9-11 Montpelier Place were built in 1828–9. Two early-nineteenth-century cast-iron lamp standards outside numbers 4 and 10 are Grade II listed, entries 1264486 and 1236689. Cars, including a Jaguar and a Mini, are parked on the road, and a skip and 'Freehold For Sale' signs are in view.