Chiltern Street
Baker Street station
beyond.
Chiltern Street is a road in the Marylebone area of Central London.[1] Located in the City of Westminster, it runs north to south connecting Marylebone Road and Blandford Street. Baker Street runs parallel a little way to the west. It meets Dorset Street, Crawford Street and Paddington Street along its route. Manchester Square is located beyond the southern end of the street.
It is part of the
Marylebone Station.[2] The street shares its name with the Chiltern Court building over Baker Street tube station which was planned in 1912 but not fully constructed until the 1920s after wartime
delays. An entrance to the station is located on the junction between Chiltern Street and Marylebone Road.
The street features a mixture of commercial and residential buildings. At the southern end is the 1899
Grade II listed Chiltern Firehouse, formerly the Marylebone Fire Station and now converted into a restaurant.[3] In 1864 a Welsh Methodist Chapel was opened in the street.[4] A particular feature is the large redbrick Portman Mansions constructed in the 1890s at the northern end of the street.[5] Notable residents of the street have included Henry Segrave the world land speed record holder in the 1920s, who is now commemorated with a blue plaque.[6]
References
- ^ Mackenzie pp. 292–93
- ^ Bebbington p.85
- ^ "Fire Station, Non Civil Parish - 1291524". Historic England. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "The Welsh Methodist Church, Chiltern Street | London Metropolitan Archives". search.lma.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ Cherry & Pevsner p.657
- ^ "Henry Segrave | Speed Record Holder | Blue Plaques". English Heritage. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
Bibliography
- Bebbington, Gillian. London Street Names. Batsford, 1972.
- Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. London 3: North West. Yale University Press, 2002.
- Mackenzie, Gordon. Marylebone: Great City North of Oxford Street. Macmillan, 1972.
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