Charles Street, Mayfair

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The Only Running Footman, a public house in Charles Street

Charles Street is a street in the Mayfair area of the City of Westminster, London. Many buildings along the street are listed by Historic England and a number have had distinguished residents over the years.

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Location

Charles Street runs roughly north-east from Waverton Street in the west to Berkeley Square in the east, bending slightly northward halfway along. The southwestern end is narrower. [1] It is within the Mayfair Conservation Area. [2]


History

The street is named after a member of the Berkeley family, and it was built when Lord Berkeley's estate was developed. Most properties along the street were constructed between about 1745 and 1750, chiefly by carpenter John Phillips. [1] Many of them are now listed by Historic England. Most early residents were upper class and wealthy. There were no shops. [3]

After the death of Edward Bulwer Lytton in 1873, a proposal was made to rename the street as Lytton Street. Lytton had resided at 8 Charles Street for two years from 1837. After the success of his novel The Last days of Pompeii, Lytton decked out the drawing room of no. 8 into a replica of a chamber seen at Pompeii. The renaming was quashed following objections from residents led by Lady Dorothy Nevill. [4]

The Cosmopolitan Club met at 30 Charles Street until its demise in 1903. [5]

In 1970, a block consisting of nos. 6–14 Charles Street and 4–12 Hays Mews was the subject of a planning application for a 250–300 bedroom hotel designed by Sir Hugh Casson. Westminster Council's planning department rejected the plan. Alderman David Cobbold, chairman of the planning committee, commented that the scheme was ". . . an inadequate substitute for Charles Street — a street of high intrinsic value". [6]

Notable residents

Blue plaque to the 5th Earl of Rosebery in Charles Street Rosebery plaque.jpg
Blue plaque to the 5th Earl of Rosebery in Charles Street

Listed buildings

Grade II*

Grade II

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48 Charles Street in May 2022

See also

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Weinreb et al. 2008, p. 150.
  2. "Mayfair Conservation Area Map". City of Westminster Council. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  3. Borer, Mary Irene Cathcart (1975). Mayfair : The Years of Grandeur. London: W. H. Allen & Co. p. 140. ISBN   978-0-491-01645-2.
  4. Colby, Reginald (1966). Mayfair: A Town Within London. Country Life Limited. pp. 120, 121.
  5. Borer, Mary Irene Cathcart (1975). Mayfair : The Years of Grandeur. London: W. H. Allen. p. 273. ISBN   978-0-491-01645-2.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Hillier, Bevis (12 December 1970). "The Saving of Charles Street". The Illustrated London News . 257 (6854): 14–15.
  7. Edward Morton, ed. (1850). Adams's Parliamentary Hand-Book: a key to the Houses of Lords and Commons. London: Henry Adams; Smith, Elder & Company. p. 246.
  8. Besant, Walter (1911). London North of the Thames. London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 657.
  9. "Legal Notices: Major General Villiers Hatton". The Times. No. 40657. London. 6 October 1914. col 1, p. 3.
  10. Nevill, Dorothy (20 June 2023). Leaves from the Note-Books of Lady Dorothy Nevill. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN   978-3-368-90182-0.
  11. "Dorothy Nevill". London Remembers. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  12. Colby, Reginald (1966). Mayfair: A Town Within London. Country Life Limited. p. 61.
  13. 1 2 Historic England. "16, Charles Street 14, Hay's Mews, W1 (Grade II*) (1217940)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  14. Bushell, Peter (1989). Tracing the History of your House. London : Pavilion. pp. 114–119. ISBN   978-1-85145-315-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  15. "Interior of Guards Club in Charles Street". London Picture Archive. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  16. Colby, Reginald (1966). Mayfair: A Town Within London. Country Life Limited. p. 42 via Internet Archive.
  17. Historic England. "22, Charles Street W1 (Grade II*) (1217956)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  18. Besant, Walter (1911). London North of the Thames. London: Adam and Charles Black. p. 174.
  19. "Welcome to Dartmouth House, home of the English-Speaking Union" (PDF). esu.org. English-Speaking Union . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  20. Historic England. "37 and 38, Charles Street W1 (Grade II*) (1357295)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  21. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 39, Charles Street
  22. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 40, Charles Street
  23. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 41, Charles Street
  24. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 2, Charles Street
  25. Boyle, P. (Patrick) (1792). The Fashionable Court Guide, or Town Visiting Directory, for the year 1792 (2nd ed.). London. p. 12.
  26. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 7, Charles Street
  27. British Listed Buildings: 8, Charles Street
  28. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 10, Charles Street
  29. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 17, Charles Street
  30. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 18, Charles Street
  31. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 18a, Charles Street
  32. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 18b, 19a and 19, Charles Street
  33. "Greetings by the Myanmar Embassy". londonmyanmarembassy.com. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  34. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 20, Charles Street
  35. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 21, Charles Street
  36. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 23, Charles Street
  37. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 25-27, Charles Street
  38. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 27a, Charles Street
  39. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: Crewe House
  40. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 29, Charles Street
  41. Historic England. "48, Charles Street W1 (Grade II) (1357258)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  42. Buczacki, Stefan (25 May 2010). "Churchill Facts: Residences of Winston and Clementine Churchill". International Churchill Society. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  43. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 50, Charles Street
  44. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 51, Charles Street
  45. 1 2 British Listed Buildings: 52-52a, Charles Street

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