Charles Street, Mayfair

The Only Running Footman, public house in Charles Street
Blue plaque in Charles Street

Charles Street, is a street in the Mayfair district of the City of Westminster, London.

Location

Charles Street runs roughly north east from Waverton Street in the west to Berkeley Square in the east.

History

The street was built when Lord Berkeley's estate was developed. Most terrace houses along the street were built in the 1750s. Many of them are now listed by English Heritage.

Inhabitants

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, British prime minister, was born in his father's house at 20 Charles Street in 1847.[1]

Listed buildings

See also

References

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