Old Burlington Street

The position of Old Burlington Street in London.
James Wolfe, later General Wolfe, lived in the street as a young officer.
Old Burlington Street looking north.

Old Burlington Street is a street in central London that is on land that was once part of the Burlington Estate.[1][2]

Location

The street runs north-south from Boyle Street to Burlington Gardens and is crossed only by Clifford Street.[3]

History

According to parish rate books, the street was built by 1729 and known then as Nowell Street.[3] That name was replaced by Burlington in 1733[1] and it was at one time known as Great Burlington Street.[3]

Charles Dartiquenave was living in the street in 1729.[4]

Lord Hervey, the object of savage satire by Alexander Pope, in whose works he figured as Lord Fanny, Sporus, Adonis and Narcissus, lived in the street until he sold his house in 1730.[3]

James Wolfe, later General Wolfe, lived in the street as a junior officer in 1743 and 1744.[3]

Mark Akenside, physician and poet and author of The Pleasures of the Imagination lived in the street from 1762 until his death in 1770.[3]

During the corn riots of 1815, a mob attacked number 15, the home of Dr. Frederick (Prosperity) Robinson, tore up the railings outside and battered down the front door. Soldiers inside fired on the crowd and killed a midshipman named Edward Vyse.[3] Three soldiers and Robinson's butler James Ripley were charged with Wilful Murder.[5]

Listed buildings

Old Burlington Street contains a number of historic buildings.[6]

Number 1, also known as 7 Burlington Gardens[7] is on the corner with Burlington Gardens and was built in 1721-23 to designs by the Italian architect Giacomo Leoni. It was first occupied by the Duke of Queensberry, and the poet John Gay also lived there. It was originally known as Queensberry House, but became Uxbridge House after the Earl of Uxbridge bought it in 1785. From 1785 to 1789, it was enlarged and altered for Lord Uxbridge by the architects John Vardy the Younger and Joseph Bonomi the Elder.[8] It later became home to the Marquess of Anglesey, the Bank of England and the Royal Bank of Scotland.[9] It is now an Abercrombie & Fitch store, the first in Europe.[10]

Numbers 2,[11] 22 and 23, 24a, 31 and 32 are all listed buildings with English Heritage.

Shops in Old Burlington Street

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge. (1925). The early history of Piccadilly Leicester Square Soho & their neighbourhood based on a plan drawn in 1585 and published by the London Topographical Society in 1925. Cambridge: University Press. p. 128.
  2. ↑ Waddell, Gavin. (2013). How Fashion Works: Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Mass Production. John Wiley & Sons. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-118-81499-4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wheatley, Henry B. (1891). London past and present: Its history, associations, and traditions. Vol. I. London: John Murray. Cambridge University Press reprint, 2011. p. 309. ISBN 9781108028066.
  4. ↑ Wheatley, Henry Benjamin. (2011). Round about Piccadilly and Pall Mall: Or, a Ramble from the Haymarket to Hyde Park. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-108-03650-4.
  5. ↑ Hone, William. (1815). A Circumstantial Report of the Extraordinary Evidence and Proceedings Before the Coroner's Inquest, on the Body of Edward Vyse: Who, on Tuesday Evening, March 7, 1815, was Shot Dead from the Parlour Windows of the House of the Hon. Frederick Robinson, M.P. in Old Burlington Street : Specially Reported, and Revised from Minutes Taken by the Inquest, with the Surgeon's Report, and Other Documents. William Hone. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Cork Street and Savile Row Area: Old Burlington Street", Survey of London, Volumes 31 and 32: St James Westminster, Part 2., 1963, pp. 495-517. british-history.ac.uk Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1357241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Uxbridge House (1357241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay. (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  10. ↑ "Abercrombie & Fitch Announces Flagship Opening on Savile Row". Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1225469)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Julien Macdonald - Spring/Summer 2013 Ready-To-Wear - LFW (Vogue.com UK)". vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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