Albany Street

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Coordinates: 51°31′49″N 0°8′40″W / 51.53028°N 0.14444°W / 51.53028; -0.14444
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For the street in New York, see Albany Street (Manhattan).

51°31′49″N 0°8′40″W / 51.53028°N 0.14444°W / 51.53028; -0.14444

Albany Street

Albany Street is a road in London running from Marylebone Road to Gloucester Gate following the east side of Regent's Park. It is about three-quarters of a mile in length.

History

The street was laid out during the 1820s, and takes its name from

King George IV.[1]

The freeholds of the west side of the street are owned by the Crown Estate, as part of Regent's Park. The southern part of the east side of the street is part of the Regent's Park Estate.

The building numbering system has

Holy Trinity Church. Adjacent is The White House, formerly a block of luxury flats, it is now a hotel named The Melia White House. Both stand on traffic islands to themselves. Numbers 31 and 33 are Grade I listed buildings, designed by John Nash. Between 35 and 55 there is an inserted street. This area was occupied by a huge construction called "The Colosseum" designed by Decimus Burton. It was demolished in 1875, and replaced by houses called "Colosseum Terrace" in 1878.[2]

At 55 there is a blue plaque dedicated to the social researcher and reformist

Isabel Nicholas (later Rawsthorne).[8]

Finally there is a blue plaque for the author W. W. Jacobs. He lived at 15 Gloucester Gate, but for some reason the plaque has been placed on Albany Street, at the back entrance to his house.[9]

References

Notes

  1. ISBN 0-333-57688-8
  2. ^ The Colosseum ("VictorianLondon.org").
  3. ^ "Mayhew, Henry (1812-1887)". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ William Morris and Selsley Church. Examples of Morris & Co's stained glass and the genesis of the Arts and Craft movement in the Cotswolds Archived 4 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Sir Goldsworthy Gurney "the forgotten Cornish Engineer" 1793 - 1875". Heritage Group of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Christina Georgina Rossetti". Project Canterbury. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Regents Park Barracks (1201740)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Lambert, Constant (1905-1951)". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Jacobs, William (1863-1943)". English Heritage. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

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