Chesterfield Street
Street in Mayfair, London
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Chesterfield Street is a "virtually intact" Georgian street (except for No. 6, which is a reconstruction)[1] in London's Mayfair district. Several of the buildings are Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.[2]
Location
Chesterfield Street runs south to north from Curzon Street to Charles Street.[3]
History
It is named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, and bounded the grounds to the east of what was Chesterfield House.[3]
Notable buildings
The gentleman's club White's was founded at No. 4 in 1693; in 1778 it moved to 37–38 St James's Street.
The High Commission of The Bahamas is at No. 10.
The individual listed buildings on Chesterfield Street are 1,[4] 2,[5] 10,[6] 11,[7] 14,[8] and 15.[9] 8 and 9 and 12 and 13 Chesterfield Street are listed in pairs.[10][11]
Notable residents
Notable residents have included Beau Brummell, the Earl of Dundonald[3] and the Indian businessman Neeraj Kanwar.[12][13]
Sir Rodney Mundy, Admiral of the Fleet died at his home in Chesterfield Street in 1884.
- No. 1, Lord Dudley[3]
- No. 1, Herbert Jenner-Fust, judge, died there in 1852.
- No. 3, Caroline Norton, social reformer and author[3]
- No. 4, Beau Brummell[3][14]
- No. 4, Anthony Eden, prime minister, lived there 1955–57.[15]
- No. 4, The Duke of Devonshire lived there in the late 1990s.[16]
- No. 6, W. Somerset Maugham, novelist and playwright, lived there 1911–19.
- No. 7, Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
- No. 8, Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, was born there.[17]
- No. 11, Sir Robert Adair, diplomat[3]
