Mount Street, London

Mount Street is an east-west, quite narrow, archetypal street in the Mayfair district of the City of Westminster, London fronted by many mid-rise buildings, mostly of a narrow frontage. The sides of two very grand hotels flank part of either end of the street. Small, high-end property businesses, investment funds and accountancy businesses punctuate the buildings as well as a row of traditional businesses and conversion-style mansion block apartments or, more generally, authentic such homes.

The Audley public house (pub-restaurant), co-fronts Mount Street.

Location
The immediate vicinity of Mount Street.

Mount Street runs from Park Lane in the west to Davies Street in the east. It is crossed by Park Street in the east and South Audley Street midway. On the south side Rex and Balfour Places branch off. In the east it leads to Berkeley Square and Carlos Place, Mount Street Mews and Carpenter Street branch off.

A notable area has been set aside to the south of the middle section, a canopy-covered public lawn with benches, Mount Street Gardens.

History

Mount Street was one of the original shopping streets when Mayfair was built up.[1]

Buildings
125-129 William Henry Powell 1886-87

Mount Street is mostly made up of four and five storey older buildings, often with retail premises on the ground floor, and some mansion blocks.

The residence of the Brazilian ambassador is № 54.

The Grosvenor House and Connaught hotels top and tail the street, having side entrances onto the street.

James Purdey & Sons is on a corner with South Audley Street.

The Terrace of shops and flats at 125-9 is by the architect William Henry Powell and dates from 1886-87. It is Grade II listed[2]

Notable residents

In film, fiction and the media
  • W.E. Johns's creation James Bigglesworth had a flat on Mount Street.
  • In the "Raffles" stories written by EW Hornung, the character Bunny Manders has a flat in Mount Street.[7]
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References
  1. Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay. (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Historic England. "125-9 Mount Street W1 (1223669)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. Mitton, G. E. Where Great Men Lived in London. London: A. & C. Black. p. 12.
  4. "Carritt, (Hugh) David Graham (1927–1982)". ODNB. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. Dasent, Arthur Irwin (1920). Piccadilly in Three Centuries. London: Macmillan. p. 240.
  6. "Qataris buy £40m six storey Mayfair mansion". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. http://www.mysteryfile.com/Raffles/Burglar.html

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