Crawford Street

Crawford Street
Maintained by Westminster City Council
Location City of Westminster, Central London, England, UK
Coordinates 51°31′10.292″N 0°09′39.695″W / 51.51952556°N 0.16102639°W / 51.51952556; -0.16102639Coordinates: 51°31′10.292″N 0°09′39.695″W / 51.51952556°N 0.16102639°W / 51.51952556; -0.16102639
Junction of Crawford Street and Seymour Place.
The Beehive pub at 126 Crawford Street.

Crawford Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London. The street contains two grade II listed public houses.

Location

The street runs from the junction of Homer Row and Crawford Place in the west to the junction of Baker Street and Paddington Street in the east. From west to east, the street is crossed by Seymour Street, Wyndham Place, Upper Montagu Street, Durweston Street/Montagu Mews North, Gloucester Place, Montagu Mansions and Durweston Mews/Montagu Row.

History

The street was laid out from 1795. It is named after Tarrant Crawford, a property in Dorset owned by the Portman family who owned much of the property in the area.[1]

Listed buildings

The Duke of Wellington public house at No. 94a Crawford Street is a grade II listed building with Historic England,[2] as is The Beehive at No. 126.[3] There are a number of other listed buildings in the street.

References

  1. Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay. (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  2. DUKE OF WELLINGTON PUBLIC HOUSE. Historic England. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. THE BEEHIVE PUBLIC HOUSE. Historic England. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

External links

Media related to Crawford Street, London at Wikimedia Commons

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