Survey of London: Volume 39, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History). Originally published by London County Council, London, 1977.
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'Index: A-J', in Survey of London: Volume 39, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 1 (General History), (London, 1977) pp. 213-226. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol39/pt1/pp213-226 [accessed 12 April 2024]
NOTE. The symbols in the left-hand margin distinguish those persons who have worked, or are thought to have worked,
on the fabric of the area, and the authors of unexecuted designs:
a - Architects, designers, engineers, and surveyors;
b - Builders and allied tradesmen;
c - Artists, craftsmen, and decorators.
Abbeville 73
Aberconway, 2nd Baron 162
Abercorn, 2nd Duke of 68
Abercorn, 8th Earl of 120
Abercorn, 9th Earl of (later 1st Marquess) 89
Abercorn, 2nd Marquess of (later 1st Duke) 92
Aberdeen, 7th Earl (later 1st Marquess) and Countess of 55, 58, 150, 151, 153
Abergavenny, 16th Baron 175
Acklom, Lady 177
a Adam, James 22, 120, 122, 124
a Adam, Robert 22, 120, 121, 122, 124, 143
Adam style 71, 119, 124, 156, 161
a Adams, Holden and Pearson 163
Adams Row (formerly Mews) 31, 53, 96, 100, 101, 166
Agricultural rents 4, 29, 33
Aislabie, John 21, 105, 177
Albemarle, 2nd Earl of 177
Albemarle Arms public house, South Audley Street 85
Albemarle Ground 19
Albemarle Street 11, 19
Aldford House, Park Lane
-, 1894–7 building (sometime No. 26) 59, 147, 148, 149, 160,
162; Pl. 38a
-, 1930–2 building 77, 79, 165; Pl. 49d
Aldford (formerly Chapel) Street 52, 53, 54, 55n., 59, 63n.,
74, 81, 85, 104, 118, 131–2, 148; Pl. 35a
-, No. 2 100, 166
-, No. 3 166
-, No. 15 76, 162
Aldred, Captain John 26, 187
Alexandra Ladies' Club, Grosvenor Street 62
c Alken, Sefferin 124
Allen, Lady 183
b Allen, Edward 183
Allen, Elizabeth 173
Alleyne, Elizabeth 186, 187
b Allison, William 187, 193
c Allom (White Allom and Co.) 153, 156, 167, 168
Almack's 90
c Alston, John 8n., 104
Alvensleben, Baron 87
America, architectural influences of 163, 164
American Embassy see United States Embassy
Amyand, Claudius 120
a Anderson, J. Macvicar 57, 147
Andrews (later Partington), Elizabeth 10
b Andrews, Jonathan 56, 145
Andrews, Richard 6–7, 9, 10, 11, 178, 192, 193, 194; plan A (58)
Andrews, Robert 9–10, 16, 23, 26, 29
-, as building developer and lessee 10, 11, 14, 18, 24, 176, 177,
184, 186–7, 188–9, 190–1, 192–3; plan A (37, 47, 52, 55, 58,
67–71, 82, 84)
-, as Grosvenors' agent 6–7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 20, 22, 29
Andrews, Rev. Robert 10
Andrews v. Partington 10
Annacis Island, British Columbia 79
Apsley House 151
Arber, Mr. 132
a Arber, W. H. 145
Archer, Thomas 20, 27, 104, 177
Architects
-, choice of 49, 50, 57, 8, 59, 60, 61, 70, 74, 120–1, 147, 148
-, resident on the estate 21, 22, 87, 94, 105, 115, 118, 120, 130,
132, 138
-, role of 20–2, 120–1, 129–30, 138, 147–8, 151, 153, 164
-, working for builders 58, 70, 132–3, 138, 160, 161
Architectural styles see Adam; Baroque; French; Gothic; Greek
-, Revival; Italianate; Modern Movement; Neo-Georgian;
-, Palladian; Queen Anne
Arlington, 1st Earl of 4
Armbrecht, E. L. 56, 57n., 65
Arnold, Christopher 26
b Arnott, William 188, 189
Arran, Earl of 83, 183
Artaxerxes, Palace of, Susa 157
c Arthur, Frederick 143
Artisans' dwellings see Working-class housing
Artizans Labourers and General Dwellings Company 142
Arts and Crafts Movement, influence of 146, 148, 149, 155
Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb 55, 141
Astor, William Waldorf 48
Atheton, Mrs. 193
Atholl, Duchess of (?w. of 2nd Duke) 189
a Atkinson, William 130
b Atlee, William 187
Audley, Elizabeth 3
Audley (Awdley, Awdeley), Hugh 2–3
Audley, John 3
Audley Hotel, South Audley Street 58, 61, 146
Audley House, Nos. 8–10 North Audley Street 77, 165
Audley Mansions, Nos. 44 Mount Street and 56 South Audley
-, Street 56, 58n., 99, 144–5; Pl. 33d
b Audsley, David 174–5, 183, 184, 185; plan A (20)
b Austin, Edward 172–3
b Austin, William 173
b Avery, Henry 110, 172, 174, 5; plan A (9)
Avery Row 30, 108, 130, 133; fig. 4 (p. 111)
Ay(e) Brook see Tyburn Brook
Ayliffe, Judith 181
a Ayling, R. Stephen 161
Ayre, Rev. J. W. 141
c Bagutti, Giovanni 27, 115
a Bailey, Gervase 164
b Bailley, Francis 18, 29, 174–5, 176–7, 186–7; plan A (7, 8, 50)
Baillie, Lady Cecilia 163
Baily, Francis 38–9
Baily, John 97
Baker, John 26
Balderton Flats Pls. 30d, 31a
Balderton (formerly George) Street 55, 65, 72, 85, 88, 103
-, Clarendon Flats (formerly Buildings) 61, 65, 98, 142; Pl. 30c
-, Garage 162
-, St. Mark's Mansions 142; Pl. 30c
Balfour, A. J. 148
a Balfour, Eustace 54, 54n., 147, 148
-, as architect 54, 58, 59, 70, 148–9, 157
-, as estate surveyor 36, 54, 60–1, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71, 147, 148,
157–8, 159, 161
a Balfour and Turner 54, 58–9, 70, 148–9, 157
Balfour Mews 53, 57, 58, 59, 63, 64, 100, 101, 148, 166
Balfour Place (formerly Portugal Street) 23, 53, 55n., 58, 59, 63n., 64, 87, 88, 119, 132, 148, 165; Pl. 35a
Baltimore, 5th Baron 179
Banfield, Frank 65
c Bankart, George P. 155
Barbon, Nicholas 104
Barbor, Robert 10
Barker, Lady 175
Barley Mow public house, Duke Street 58, 59, 62
Barley Mow tavern, Upper Brook Street 84, 187
Barlow, George (of Stafford) 23
b Barlow, George 8, 22, 174–5, 179, 187
Barlow, Sir George Hilaro 23
Barlow, Hugh 22
b Barlow, John 22, 23, 24, 186, 187, 189
Barlow, Martha (d. of Benjamin Timbrell) 23, 28–9
Barlow, Richard 12, 26, 28, 31
a Barlow, Thomas 7, 11–12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28, 31n.,
104, 172–3, 176, 182–6 passim; plan A (1, 15, 23, 55)
-, as estate surveyor 11–13, 16, 18, 19, 103, 104, 110
b Barlow, William 22, 23
b Barlow, William (senior) 22, 23, 118, 178, 179; plan A (3, 67 71, 82, 84)
b Barlow, William (junior) 23, 27, 174, 175, 176, 177, 186, 187; plan A (25)
b Barlow, William (senior or junior) 173, 178–9, 188–9
b Barlow family 22–3
Barlow Place (formerly Mews) 11
Barnard, 2nd Baron 183
Barnard, John 88
b Barnes, John 8, 174–5, 187, 189; plan A (12)
Barnston, Trafford 187
Baroque style 11, 104, 115
b Barratt, Thomas 187
a Barrett, Stanley, and Driver 166
c Barrias, F. J. 141
a Barry, Sir Charles 130, 134, 162
a Barry, E. M. 140, 143
Bartholomew, 126
Barton, – 16
Baswick, John or Thomas 193
Bateman, 2nd Viscount 27, 113, 120
Bath, Countess of (d. 1808) 35
Bath, 2nd Marquess of 130
c Bath Artcraft Company 168
Batsford, B. T., Ltd. 169
Baxendale, Joseph 97
c Bayes, Gilbert 168
Bayswater Road 1
Beadon, Richard (Bishop of Gloucester) 39
Bear Wood, Berkshire 142
a Beard, J. Stanley 165
Beasley, Job 26
Beatty, Captain (later Admiral of the Fleet Earl) and Mrs. 72
Beauclerk, Lady Sidney 187
Beaumont, Sir George 120
Beaux-Arts influences 78, 155, 165
a Beazley, Samuel 50
Bedford, 5th Duke of 40
Bedford, 11th Duke of 72
Bedford, Dukes of 36, 64
-, estates of 15n., 36, 37, 135
Beit, Alfred 59, 149
Belgrave, Viscount see Grosvenor, Richard
Belgrave House, Grosvenor Square 129, 133, 151; Pls. 20a, 54a
Belgrave Square 129
Belgravia 33, 52, 72, 80, 81, 82, 93, 102, 133, 141, 147, 161
-, building in 44, 48, 49, 52, 127, 129, 130, 139, 140, 160
a Bell, E. Ingress 57, 147
a Bennett, T. P. 163, 167
b Bennett, William 186–7
Benson, Benjamin 21, 180–1; plan A (18)
Benson, John Aislabie 21
a Benson, William 20, 21, 104, 118, 180–1; plan A (18)
Berkeley, 1st Baron 4
Berkeley, 4th Baron 16
Berkeley, Hon. Charles (later 2nd Baron) 4
Berkeley estate 2
Berkeley House, Piccadilly 4
Berkeley Lodge, Wimbledon 36
Berkeley Square 63, 87, 89, 97, 98, 138
-, Claudius Amyand's house 120; Pl. 15c
-, Linnell's premises 88, 125
-, North side (Nos. 25–31) 19, 42, 46, 130
-, No. 25 88, 162
-, No. 34 56, 59, 144
Berkeley Street 97
c Bernasconi, Francis 124
Berners Street, St. Marylebone 38, 44
a Best, J. R. see Wimperis and Best
c Bethell, Mrs. Guy 168
Bevan, F. W. 62
Bickford, George 185
a Biddulph-Pinchard, C. H. 163
a Billerey, Fernand 73, 77, 78, 155, 156, 165
-, as consultant to Estate 77, 78, 163, 164, 165–6
-, see also Blow and Billerey
Binney (formerly Thomas, previously Bird) Street 31, 81, 85, 98, 130, 142, 146, 163; Pl. 31a
b Bird, Colonel Stanley G. 55n., 57, 64
Bird Street see Binney Street
Birmingham 147, 161
Bischoffsheim, H. L. 69, 153, 157
Biscoe, Elisha 10
Bishopp, Lady (w. of 5th Bt) 179
Bishopp, Sir Cecil, 6th Bt 177
Blackburne, William 173
Blackburne's Mews 74, 76, 96, 167
Bladen, Thomas 177
b Blagrave, John 184–5
b Blagrave, Roger 29, 30, 184–5; plan A (72, 81, 86)
Bland, Lady Frances 187
Blandford, Marquess of (gs. of 1st Duke of Marlborough) 179
Bland-Sutton, (Sir) John 157
a Blomfield, Arthur 141–2
Bloomfield Flats, Bourdon Street 61, 138, 139
Bloomfield Terrace, Pimlico 138
a Blow, Detmar 70, 73–4, 75, 78, 166
-, as architect 70, 73–4, 155, 163, see also Blow and Billerey
-, as 2nd Duke's adviser 73–8 passim, 163, 164, 165–6
a Blow and Billerey 73, 74, 155–6, 157, 160
Blundell, Viscount 191
Bodley, George Frederick 140
a Boehmer and Gibbs 157
Bogg, Robert 189
Bolding, John, and Sons 144, 145
Bolton, Duchess of (w. of 3rd Duke) 189
Bolton, 5th Duke of 120
a Bolton, Albert J. 57, 59–60, 145, 147
a Bond, John Linnell 125
Bond Street (Old and New) 6, 11, 65, 89, 125, 126
Bond Street Tube Station 81–2, 163
Boodle, Edward 10, 32, 34, 35, 38, 41, 44, 45, 46, 87
Boodle, Henry Mitford 34, 36n.
Boodle, Henry Trelawny 34, 35, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 64, 65,
69, 148
-, evidence to Select Committee on Town Holdings (1887) 36,
55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 64, 65, 100
Boodle, John 34, 47, 49
Boodle, Trelawny Frederick 34
Boodle, Walter Trelawny 34
Boodle, William Chilver 34
Boodle and Partington (later Boodle and Co., subsequently Boodle Hatfield and Co.) 10–11, 34–5, 38, 44, 45, 46, 75, see also individual members of Boodle family
Boodle's Club, St. James's Street 119
Booth, Captain Robert 28
Borrett, John 9
Boscawen, Mrs. Fanny 118, 124
c Boulanger, Marcel 155
Bourdon House, Davies Street 31, 71, 72, 118, 120, 122, 155, 157; Pls. 10b, 12a
Bourdon Place (formerly part of Grosvenor Mews, q.v.) 19, 31, 98
Bourdon Street (formerly part of Grosvenor Mews, q.v.) 19, 31,
39, 42, 46, 49, 53, 81, 96, 98, 100, 131, 138
-, Bloomfield Flats 61, 138, 139
-, Coach and Horses public house 61
-, Grosvenor Buildings 61, 139, 142; Pl. 30b
-, Grosvenor Hill Court 170
-, St. George's Buildings 61, 138, 139; Pl. 30a
-, St. George's Institute 142
-, St. Mary's Church 54, 141; Pl. 29a
a Bouwens van der Boijen, W. O. W. 153, 155
Boyd, John 122
Boydell, John (uncle and nephew) 35
Boydell, Josiah and Thomas 35
a Boyes, H. C. 57, 60, 147
c Bradburn, John 125
Bragg, Robert 189
c Bramah, Joseph 124
Breadalbane, 3rd Earl of 179
Breadalbane House (Lord Petre's house), Park Lane 120, 124; Pls. 13b, 16a
Brick Close 2, 4
Brick Street, Mayfair 2, 3
Bricklayers' Arms public house, South Audley Street 61
Brickmaking and brickfields 13–14, 16
Bricks and brickwork 53, 56, 57, 105, 106, 107, 135, 139, 140, 143, 157, 158–9, 163
Britannia Hotel, Grosvenor Square 166
Britannic House, Finsbury Circus 164
British Council 149, 169
Broadbent (formerly Little Grosvenor) Street 19, 88, 89, 98, 167; Pl. 51b
Broadcasting House, Portland Place 165
Bromley, Henry (later 1st Baron Montfort) 179
c Bromwich, Thomas (Bromwich, Isherwood and Bradley, later Isherwood and Co.) 124–5
Brook House, Park Lane
-, 1866–9 building 100, 139, 143, 149, 151, 156; Pl. 27a
-, 1933–5 building 77, 165, 168
Brook Street fig. 4 (pp. 110–11); Pls. 6c, 22a, 33c, 39a
-, first building 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28, 31,
108, 110–12
-, first building leases (tables) 172–5
-, hotels, establishment of 41, 97–8
-, rebuildings and refrontings 49, 50, 53, 133
-, social character 40, 41, 62, 76, 83, 85, 87, 96, 97, 99, 101
-, trade and business 40, 41, 42, 54, 62, 76, 84, 85, 87, 96, 97,
99, 101–2
-, other references 33, 39, 40, 76, 88, 103
-, North side (even numbers)
-, Brookfield House 162
-, Grosvenor Office see Nos. 66 and 68
-, Nos. 36–38 172–3
-, Nos. 40–46 55, 59, 148, 172–3; fig. 26a (p. 158)
-, Nos. 48–50 50, 172–3
-, Nos. 52–54 28, 148, 172–3
-, Nos. 56–58 50, 172–3
-, No. 60 172–3
-, Nos. 62–64 162, 172–3
-, No. 66 (now part of Grosvenor Office) 21, 24, 28, 72, 75, 113,
115, 121, 172–3; Frontispiece; Pls. 6c, 9a
-, No. 68 (now part of Grosvenor Office) 24, 90, 172–3; Pls. 6c,
33c
-, No. 70–106, 172–3; Pl. 33c
-, No. 72–21, 113, 115, 172–3; Pl. 33c
-, No. 74 172–3; Pl. 33c
-, No. 76–20, 21, 53, 68, 105, 106, 172–3; fig. 2e (p. 107); Pl. 33c
-, No. 78 20, 97, 142, 172–3; Pl. 33c
-, No. 80 69, 130, 161, 174–5
-, Nos. 82–84 69, 161, 174–5
-, No. 86 102, 163, 174–5
-, No. 88 14, 23, 104, 130, 155, 174–5
-, South side (odd numbers)
-, Claridge's Hotel 41, 53, 62, 68, 78, 97–8, 100, 125, 149, 155,
160, 162, 168; Pls. 39, 52
-, Coulson's Hotel 90
-, Kirkham's Hotel 41, 89, 97
-, Lillyman's Hotel 97
-, Mivart's Hotel 41, 90, 125, 198
-, Savile Club 153; Pl. 42b
-, Wake's Hotel 41, 90
-, No. 25 112
-, No. 39 23, 85, 130, 168, 174–5; Pl. 22a
-, No. 41 130, 133, 134, 174–5
-, No. 43 41, 97, 108, 133, 174–5; fig. 3h (p. 109)
-, No. 45 108, 174–5; fig. 3g (p. 109)
-, No. 47 21, 110, 157, 174–5; fig. 3i (p. 109)
-, No. 49 41, 97–8, 174–5
-, No. 51 41, 97–8, 174–5, 198
-, No. 53 97–8, 174–5
-, No. 55 (sometime Partington's and Boodle's office) 10, 34, 35,
36, 38, 44, 97–8, 174–5
-, No. 57 174–5
-, Nos. 59–61 58, 147, 174–5
-, No. 63 174–5
-, No. 65 89, 126, 174–5
-, No. 67 108, 174–5
-, Nos. 69–71 153, 174–5; Pl. 42b
Brookfield House, Brook Street 162
Brooks, George 87
Brook's Mews 51, 51n., 130; fig. 4 (p. III)
Broome Park, Kent 73
Brotherton, Evan 191
b Brown, John 32, 176–7, 188, 189
a Brown, Lancelot (Capability) 120, 122
Brown Hart Gardens (formerly Brown and Hart Streets) 61, 85, 142, 146; Pl. 31a, b, see also Duke Street, Electricity Substation
Brown Street (now part of Brown Hart Gardens) 85
Brown's Court 32, 86, 107; fig. 1 (p. 32)
Bruce, Hon. Frances 193
Buccleuch, 2nd Duke of 183
Buccleuch, 3rd Duke of 120
Buckhurst Park, Sussex 92
b Buckingham, Edward 172–3
Buckingham Palace 2, 3, 4
Buckingham Palace Road (Westminster Central Library) 60
Buckworth, Sir John, Bt 175, 185
Builders
-, bankruptcies 24, 27, 29, 30, 126
-, premises 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 84, 84n., 85, 88, 130, 131, 138, 161
-, profit and loss 11, 12, 19, 28–9, 64
-, relations with architects 58, 60, 70, 132–3, 138, 160, 161
-, role of 22–4, 55, 56, 57, 69, 125, 126, 130–1, 132, 138, 160–1
Building
-, agreements and contracts 7, 8, 11, 13–16, 24, 31, 54; plan A
-, capital sources 6, 8–9, 10, 22, 24, 25–7, 54
-, costs 24, 25, 27, 28, 45, 64
-, disputes, settlement of 15–16
-, fluctuations 6, 13, 30, 46, 139, 161
-, leases 16–17, 54, see also leasing policy under Grosvenor
Estate, Mayfair
-, methods 24–9, 113
-, regulations 15, 15n., 106, 143
-, see also Builders; Houses
Bumpsted, William 179
Burden, E. McM. 60
a Burden, R. H. 60, 139, 142
Burford, Earl of see St. Albans, 2nd Duke of
Burge, Frank 35–6
Burke, Thomas 185
c Burke and Co. 141
Burket, Richard 193
c Burkle, R., and Son 168
Burlington estate 7, 19, 22, 98, 108
a Burn, William 133, 134, 138, 139
a Burnet, Sir John, Tait and Partners 169
Burns, Walter H. 153
Burroughs, Mrs. 193
a Burton, Decimus 130
c Buscaylet, L. 155
a Bushill, F. W. 138
Bussey, Edward, junior 16
Butchers and poulterers 14, 30, 41, 51n., 52, 65, 84n., 88, 97
Bute, 3rd Earl of 120
Bute House see South Audley Street, No. 75
Butler, Mary 181
Buxton, Sir Thomas 97
Byng, Colonel Francis 185
b Bywaters 55n., 56, 57, 61
Cadogan estate 161
a Camelford, 1st Baron (Thomas Pitt) 89, 120
Camelford House, Oxford Street 23, 71–2, 89, 120, 130; Pl. 14
a Campbell, Colen 16, 20, 21, 104, 105, 172, 173
Campbell, George 125
Campbell, John 177
Campbell, William 84, 125
Canadian High Commission 101
Canaveral, Cape (Florida) 79
Carlos Place (formerly Charles Street) 54, 63, 76, 77, 99, 146,
147, 160
-, Connaught (formerly Coburg) Hotel 59, 78, 79, 146
-, Mayfair House 75, 78, 163
-, racquets court 163
-, Nos. 1–8 55, 58, 160; Pl. 34d
-, No. 3 75
Carlton House 129, 151
Carlton House Terrace, No. 10 73
Carmarthen, Marquis of (later 5th Duke of Leeds) 125
Carnarvon, Marquess of see Chandos, 2nd Duke of
a Caröe, W. D. 57, 58, 59, 70, 146, 147, 148, 149, 157, 160
Carpenter, 1st Baron 25, 179
Carpenter Street 12, 63
Carter, Charles 193
c Carter, Thomas, the younger 124
b Cartwright, John 178–9
Cassel, Sir Ernest 100, 149, 156
Caswall, Timothy 87
Cato Street Conspirators 71
Cavendish, Lady Anne 189
Cavendish, Barbara 185
Cavendish, Lord Charles 181
Cavendish Buildings, Gilbert Street Pl. 31a
Cavendish Square 6, 13, 98, 103, 104
Cavendish-Harley estate 15n., 103, 104
Censuses of 1841 and 1871 93–8 passim
Central London Railway Line 81, 163
b Chamberlen, George 180, 181; plan A (21, 30)
a Chambers, Sir William 118, 120, 122
a Champneys, Basil 147, 148
Chancery, Court of 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11
Chancery Lane 87
Chandler, Edward (Bishop of Durham) 177
b Chandler, Philip plan A (64)
Chandler Street see Weighhouse Street
Chandos, 2nd Duke of (Marquess of Carnarvon) 23, 187, 193
Chandos House, Cavendish Square 116
Chapel Place North 145
Chapel Place South 143
Chapel Street see Aldford Street
Chapels see Churches and chapels
Chapman Taylor Partners 80, 170
Charles II 2n.
Charles Street see Carlos Place
Chelsea 4, 150
Chelsea Waterworks Company 18, 30
a Chermayeff, Serge 167
Chesham, 1st Baron 52
Chesham Flats, Brown Hart Gardens 146; Pl. 31a
Cheshire, Grosvenor estates in 4, 43, 79, see also Eaton estates and Eaton Hall
Chester 4, 6, 10, 34, 35, 47
Chester Square 127
Chesterfield, 4th Earl of (Philip Dormer Stanhope) 28, 196
Chesterfield House, South Audley Street 115, 151
Chetwynd, 1st Viscount 118, 192–3
Chetwynd, 2nd Viscount 193
c Chippendale, Thomas 125
Cholmondeley, Francis 4
Cholmondeley, Lettice 3
Church Building Commissioners 43
Church of England Temperance Society 61
Churches and chapels 12, 29, 53, 104, 133, 141, 142, see also Grosvenor Chapel; King's Weigh House Church; Portuguese Embassy Chapel; Robert Street Chapel; St. Anselm's; St. Mark's; St. Mary's, Bourdon Street; St. Mary's Chapel, Park Street; St. Saviour's
Churchill, Colonel (later General) Charles 180, 181
Chute, Anthony 189
Cinema, Oxford Street 162
Civic Amenities Act, 1967 80
Clarendon Flats (formerly Buildings), Balderton Street 61, 65, 98, 142; Pl. 30c
Claridge, William 100
Claridge's Hotel 41, 53, 62, 68, 78, 97–8, 100, 125, 149, 155, 160, 162, 168; Pls. 39, 52
Claridge's Hotel Co. Ltd. 100
Clarke, Godfrey 183
a Clarke, Howard Chatfeild 59, 148
a Clarke, T. Chatfeild 57, 59, 144, 147, 148
Clark(e), Rev. Thomas 193
Clarke, William 88
b Clarkson, John 193
Cleveland Row, St. James's 68n.
Clifford Street, St. James's 19, 22
Clinton, 14th Baron (later Earl) 177
Clive, 2nd Baron 89
Cliveden, Buckinghamshire 48, 141, 147
Clubs 102
a Clutton, Henry 140, 141, 142, 149
Coach and Horses public house, Grosvenor Mews 61
Coachbuilders 88, 96–7, 132, see also Thrupp and Maberly
Coach-houses see Mews, stables and coach-houses
Coachmen and grooms 85, 88, 89, 95, 95n., 96
Coburg Hotel see Connaught Hotel
Coburg Hotel Co. Ltd. 100
b Cock, Edward 184–5, 186–7, 189, 194–5
Cock and Bottle tavern, Upper Brook Street 84, 189
a Cockerell, C. R. 130
a Cockerell, Samuel Pepys 121, 127
Cocoa house 61
a Codd, George 78
Coffee houses see Public houses
a Cole, Ernest 167
c Colefax, Lady Sibyl 168
c Colefax and Fowler 168
Collard's 62
a Collcutt, T. E. 147
a Collcutt and Hamp 163
Colley, Lady Mary 175
a Collins, E. Stone 157
b Colls and Co. (Trollope and Colls) 57, 155, 160, 161
Colnit, Thomas 181
Combe, Delafield and Co. 42
b Commins, Francis 25, 27, 180–1; plan A (10, 33)
a Comper, J. Ninian 157
Compton, Lord (later 5th Earl of Northampton) 175, 183
Concrete, use of 141, 162, 166
Conduit Mead 6, 7, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19
Conduits 30, see also Water supply
Congregational Chapel, Robert Street 142
Connaught (formerly Coburg) Hotel, Carlos Place 59, 78, 79, 100, 146
Connaught Square 34
Conservation and conservation areas 71, 80–1, 170
Conservatories 52, 155; Pl. 42d
a Constanduros (Gilbert and Constanduros) 166, 167
Conway, 2nd Baron see Hertford, 1st Marquess of
b Cook, Thomas 178–9, 183; plan A (48)
Coope, Octavius 97
Copley, Sir Joseph 198
a Corblet, Cyrille J. 157
Cork Street, St. James's 19, 98
Cornwallis, 5th Baron (later Earl) 177
b Couch, Thomas 172–3
Coulson's Hotel, Brook Street 90
County of London Development Plan (1951) 80
Courtauld, Samuel 168
Courtauld, Major Stephen 163
Courts and passages 31, 32; fig. 1 (p. 32)
a Couse, Kenton 120, 124
Couturiers 101, 102
Covent Garden 11, 15n., 36, 37, 65, 72, 98, 135
Coventry, 5th Earl of 175
Cow-keeping 52, 88
Cowper, Countess (w. of 2nd Earl) 189
Cowper, William 173
c Crace, J. G. 141
Cranfield, Sir Lionel (1st Earl of Middlesex) 2
Crawford, 25th Earl of (as Lord Lindsay) 138
a Crawley, George 162, 164
Cressett, Edward 179
a Cresswell, H. O. 58, 61
Cressy, Slingsby 173
Crop, Abraham 27
b Cross, Anthony 189
Crouchley, Joseph 173
Crown Estate 37, 46, 69n.
a Crunden, John 20, 31, 87, 119, 120
b Cubitt, Thomas 48, 127, 130, 131, 138, 160
b Cubitt, William, and Co. 55n., 57
Culross Street 74, 101, 167
-, North side (even numbers)
-, Nos. 2–4 167, 168
-, No. 6 167
-, Nos. 10–12 Pl. 50a, b
-, No. 14 78, 167; Pl. 50a, b
-, South side (odd numbers)
-, Nos. 1, 1A, 3 9 167
-, Nos. 21–23 Pl. 51a
-, No. 25 167; Pl. 51a
Cumberland, Duke of (b. of George III) 7
b Cundy, James and Joseph 127, 129
Cundy, Nicholas Wilcox 127
a Cundy, Thomas, I 36, 44, 46, 127, 129
a Cundy, Thomas, II 36, 44–5, 46, 127, 129, 139
-, designs by 49, 50, 51, 53, 68, 129, 131, 133–5, 138
-, refronting policy of 47, 49, 50, 53, 133–5, 138, 141
a Cundy, Thomas, III 36, 36n., 52, 53–4, 127, 131, 135, 138,
139–40, 147, 148
-, designs by 49, 50, 53–4, 55, 59, 68, 135, 138, 139–40
-, refronting policy, and 49, 138
-, other references 39, 60, 142, 151
Cunliffe, Lady 42
Curzon, Assheton (later 1st Viscount) 121
Curzon, Sir Nathaniel, 4th Bt 21, 28, 115, 173
Dalkeith, Earl of (later 2nd Duke of Buccleuch) 183
Damer, Mrs. Anne 87
Danish Ambassador 198
Darlington, 1st Earl of (Henry Vane) 173, 193
Dashwood, Dorothea 177
a Daukes, Samuel 151
Davies, Mr. 181
Davies, Alexander 2, 3, 14–15
Davies, John 3
Davies, Mary (Dame Mary Grosvenor) 1, 3–4, 5, 7–8, 9, 11
Davies, Richard (victualler) 179
b Davies, Richard 176, 177, 180–1, 191, 193
Davies, General Thomas 198
Davies, Sir Thomas 3
Davies Mews 30, 62; fig. 4 (p. 110)
Davies Street 7, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, 30, 34, 37, 39, 81, 84, 87,
96, 98, 130, 131, 158; fig. 4 (pp. 110–11); Pls. 12a, 20b,
24b, 39a
-, north end improvement 63, 131; Pl. 24a
-, East side (even numbers)
-, Running Horse public house 131; Pl. 24b
-, No. 2 (Bourdon House) 31, 71, 72, 118, 120, 122, 155, 157;
Pls. 10b, 12a
-, Nos. 4 26 69, 70, 158 9, 161, 162; Pl. 47a
-, No. 50 see Running Horse above
-, Nos. 52 54 131; Pl. 24b
-, No. 56 (Drill Hall) 169
-, No. 58 (Boldings) 144, 145
-, see also Brookfield House; Claridge's Hotel; Grosvenor Market
-, West side (odd numbers)
-, St. Anselm's Church 59, 79, 142, 149; Pl. 38b
-, Nos. 15–27 169
-, No. 53 (Grosvenor Office) 34, 35, 38, 62, 72, 75, 129; Pl. 20b
-, Nos. 55–57 75
-, No. 65 (British Council) 149, 169
-, see also Brook Street, Nos. 59–61
a Davis, Arthur J. 155
c Davis, John 129
Davis, William (cheesemonger) 189
b Davis, William 186–7
b Daw and Son 55, 57, 64
a Deacon, S. 142
Deaf and Dumb, Association in Aid of 55, 141
-, church of (St. Saviour's) 55, 141; Pl. 29c
b Deane, John 180–1; plan A (2)
Deanery Street, Mayfair 2
Delany, Mrs. Mary 83 4, 118
Delaval, Francis Blake 195
Delmé, Peter 121
Delorain, Lady (w. of 3rd Earl) 189
Demages, Bennet 173
De Mandeville, Geoffrey I
Denbighshire (lead mines) 4, 35, 40
Denby, Humphrey 173
b Denne, Benjamin 193
Dentists, as estate residents 62–3, 75, 76, 97, 101–2
Derby, 12th Earl of 120
Derby House, No. 26 Grosvenor Square 120, 122, 124, 133, 135; fig. 9a; Pl. 15a
Dering Street, Hanover Square 10
d'Erlanger, Mr. and Mrs. Leo 168
De Salis, Jerome 185
c Deval, John (father and son) 124, 177
a Devey, George 58, 140, 150, 151
Devonshire, Duchess of (w. of 8th Duke) 160
Devonshire, 3rd Duke of 175
Devonshire House, Piccadilly (site of) 164
c Dick, Sir William Reid 169
Dickins, John 84, 187
Disraeli, Benjamin 72
Dixon Brooks and Co. 87
Dobson, John 183
Doctors and medical men, as estate residents 51, 76, 97, 101 2, 157, 163
b Doley, John plan A (77)
Domville, Lady Compton 90
Doneraile, 3rd Viscount 187
Dorchester Hotel (site of) 2
c Dorn, Marion 168
Douglas, John 140
Dover Street 19
Dowbiggin, Thomas 125, 138, 151
Drake, William 121
Draycott, William 192–3, 194–5
b Drewitt, Francis 24, 24n., 176–7, 187
Drill Hall, Davies Street 169
Drogheda, Lady (?w. of 4th Earl) 173
Drummond, Henry and Robert 33, 37, 38
Drummond's Bank 37
c Dryden, Mrs. 168
Dubois, Nicholas 16, 22
Duckett, Major (later Colonel) William 181
Duddingston House, Edinburgh 120
Dudley, 1st Earl of (and Countess) 96, 151
b Dudley, Francis plan A (56)
Dudley and Ward, 1st Viscount 189
Dudley and Ward, 3rd Viscount 120
Dudley House, Park Lane 96, 120, 130, 149, 151, 153, 162, 169; fig. 6e (p. 117); Pls. 13a, 21, 40a
Duke Street 14, 17, 26, 30, 31, 57n., 81, 87, 89, 99, 107;
Pls. 31a, 35b, 48b
-, rebuildings (1890's) 53, 56, 63, 63n., 140, 145, 146
-, East side (odd numbers)
-, King's Weigh House Church (Chapel) 142, 146; fig. 21
(p. 147); Pls. 31b, 35b
-, Nos. 55–73 56, 57n., 59, 146
-, Nos. 75–83 57, 58, 59, 146, 160; Pl. 35b
-, West side (even numbers)
-, Barley Mow public house see No. 82
-, Duke Street Mansions see Nos. 54 76
-, Electricity Sub-station 61, 70, 142, 158; Pl. 31b
-, Europa Hotel 166
-, Italian Garden 61, 142, 146; Pl. 31a
-, Nos. 54 76 (Duke Street Mansions) 56, 58, 58n., 59, 144, 146
-, Nos. 78–80 60, 146
-, No. 82 (Barley Mow) 58, 59, 62, 146
-, No. 84 168
Duke's Yard 148; Pl. 35c
Dukeson, Mary see Tregonwell
Dukeson, Dr. Richard 4
Duncombe, Thomas 177
Dunraven (formerly (New) Norfolk) Street 13, 23, 24, 40, 42,
50, 54, 58, 69, 70, 88, 119, 127, 130, 159, 161, 162; Pl. 36b
-, social character 83, 87, 97
-, Nos. 2–3 69
-, No. 4 (Norwich House) 161
-, Nos. 16–19 55n., 58, 149; Pl. 36b
-, No. 20 Pl. 19c
-, No. 21 119; Pl. 19c
-, No. 22 68, 119; 122; Pl. 19c
-, Nos. 26–31 Pl. 19b
Dupuis, Thomas 87
Durham, Bishop of (Edward Chandler) 177
Durham, 3rd Earl of 101
b Durham, Charles plan A (79)
Duveen, Henry and Sir Joseph Joel 100, 153
Dysart, 4th Earl of 179
c Earp, Thomas 141
a East, Hubert see Wimperis and East
East, William 179
Eaton estates, Cheshire 35, 72, 140, 148
Eaton Hall, Cheshire 4, 20, 36, 37, 43, 44, 47, 48, 74, 125, 126, 133, 141, 147
Ebury, 1st Baron (previously Lord Robert Grosvenor) 34, 134, 141
Ebury, manor of 1–2
Ebury Street 138
Ecclesiastical Commissioners 79
Eccleston Square, No. 2 35
Echlin, Charles 177
Eckstein, Sir Bernard 168
Edgar, Sir Edward Mackay 100
Edgcumbe, Richard (later 1st Baron) 193
a Edis, Robert W. 55n., 57, 58, 140, 147
Edmonson, John 85
b Eds, John 184, 185, 192, 193; plan A (74, 85)
Edward VII 100, 156
Edwards, A. O. 164
Edwards, William (esquire) 181
Edwards, William (Treasurer of New River Co.) 191
Edwin, Lady 181
Edwin, Charles 28, 181
Egerton, Eleanor (w. of 2nd Earl Grosvenor) 43
Egerton, Thomas (1st Earl of Wilton) 43
Egerton Gardens, Kensington 160
Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray 92, 93
Egyptian Embassy (No. 75 South Audley Street, q.v.) 73, 156, 157; Pls. 43a, 44c
Eia, manor of see Ebury
c Elden, E. 168
Electric lighting and supply 62, 68
Electricity Sub-station, Duke Street 61, 70, 142, 158; Pl. 31b
b Elger, John 131
b Elkins, Henry plan A (56)
b Elkins, John plan A (42)
b Elkins, Thomas plan A (22)
c Elliott, Charles 89, 126
b Ellis, John 172–3; plan A (60)
Elphinstone, 16th Baron 71
Elward and Marsh 88, 125
Embassies and diplomatic presence 28, 73, 76, 76n., 79, 87, 101, 103, 115, 132, 156, 169, 181, 185, 198; Pl. 55b
Emmett, John 193
Emmett, Robert 153
Empy, Edmund 35, 38, 44, 45
a Erlam, Samuel 131
Ernle, 1st Baron (Rowland Prothero) 36
Ernle, Sir Edward 183
Erskine, Lady Frances (w. of 22nd Earl of Mar) 191
Essex, Lady (w. of 7th Earl) 155
Estate agents see House agents
a Etchells, Frederick 78, 164, 166, 167
Europa Hotel, Grosvenor Square 166
b Evans, John 184–5
Evelyn, Charles 181
Evelyn, John (later 2nd Bt) 177
Evelyn Gardens, Kensington 36
Eybury, Eye, manor of see Ebury
c Eye Brook see Tyburn Brook
Eyles-Stiles, Sir Francis, Bt 187
Falkland, 7th Viscount 193
Farm Street Roman Catholic Church 99, 146
Farmer, Eleanor 175
b Fayram, Thomas 24, 173, 176 7
b Feetham, John 132
Fellows, William 30, 183
Fenwick, Edward 4
'Fifty Churches' Commissioners 11, 12, 23, 28, 29
Filmer-Sankey, Lady Ursula 72
Fire, risk of and precautions against 15, 40, 54, 112, 122, 141
b Fish, Charles 55n., 147
FitzGerald, Hon. Evelyn 167
Fitzherbert, Mrs. 120
Fitzpatrick, Daniel 189
a Fitzroy Robinson and Partners 170
Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl 101
Five Fields, Pimlico 127
Flats and chambers
-, pre-1914 53, 56, 69, 70, 99, 144, 145, 146, 147, 162
-, post-1914 75, 76, 77, 78, 101, 162, 163–6, 167, 168–9
Fleet Line 81
b Fletcher, Joshua 24, 183, 187, 191
Flintshire (lead mines) 4, 35, 40
a Flitcroft, Henry 22, 120, 124, 191
Flockhart, William 163
a Florence, H. L. see Isaacs and Florence
Fonthill House, Wiltshire 133
Forester, Lady Mary 25
Forres, 1st Baron 168
a Forsyth and Maule 167
Fortescue, 3rd Earl 134
Fortnam, Mr. 187
b Fortnam, Richard 187
a Foster, F. W. 156, 161
Fountain House, Park Lane 78, 162, 165
Fountains, drinking 61
c Fowler, John 168
Fox, Mary (d. 1732) 183
Fox, Mary (fl. 1732–4) 185
b Foxley, F., and Co. 160, 161
Frampton, Mr. (Alfred) 59
c France, William 125
Frankland, Frederick 179
a Fraser, H. H. 161
b Freake, C. J. 49, 52, 138
French, Charles Robert 36
French architects and craftsmen 73, 151, 153, 155, 156, 168
French styles 73, 122, 135, 139, 140, 141, 151, 153, 155 6, 157, 167
b Fry, Thomas 191
Furness, 1st Viscount 101
Furness, Sir Christopher (later 1st Baron) 67, 100
Furnished houses 89, 90, 125, 198
a Gallier, James 132
Gamages (West End) Ltd. 77, 165
a Gandy-Deering, J. P. 129, 130
Gardens
-, communal and public 61, 63, 69–70, 74, 142, 146, 159, 160,
167; Pls. 31, 45c, 47b
-, private 116–18, 155, 197
-, see also Grosvenor Square, garden
Garland, C. T. 153
b Garlick, John (and Sons) 68, 160, 161
b Garlick, William J. 161
Garling, H. B. 140
Gas Light and Coke Company 78
George I (statue of) 6, 8, 104
George IV (as Prince of Wales) 88, 126
a George, Ernest 57, 59, 60–1, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 153, 157
a George, Ernest, and Peto 57, 143, 145, 146, 147
a George, Ernest, and Yeates 149
George Street see Balderton Street
Gibbs, James 16, 22, 23, 104
a Gilbert and Constanduros 166, 167
Gilbert (formerly James) Street 16, 17, 26, 28, 31, 52, 81, 85,
142; Pl. 45d
-, rebuilding (1820's) 31–2, 130; Pl. 23a
-, Hanover Schools 146
-, Nos. 22–26 69, 161; Pl. 45d
-, No. 27 130; fig. 12a (p. 131)
a Giles, Gough and Trollope 58, 160
Gill, John 189
Gillard, John 191
Gillett, William 191
c Gillow (later Waring and Gillow) 125, 126, 168
Gladstone, W. E. 47
Glennie, W. R. 36
Glenorchy, Lord (later 3rd Earl of Breadalbane) 179
Globe Insurance Office 40
Gloucester, Bishop of (Richard Beadon) 39
Gloucester, Duke of (b. of George III) 43, 87, 89
Gloucester House, Upper Grosvenor Street see Grosvenor House
Gloucester Place, Hyde Park 34
b Goff, Thomas 192; plan A (61)
Golden Square 98, 166
a Goldicutt, John 127, 129
Goode, W. J. 55–6, 59, 100, 140, 143, 144
Goode's (Nos. 17–21 South Audley Street) 56, 59, 100, 140, 143–4, 157; figs. 19, 23a, b (pp. 143, 152); Pls. 32, 33a, b
Gorhambury Park, Hertfordshire 90, 92
Goring House (site of Buckingham Palace) 3
Goschen, George (1st Viscount) 52
Gothic styles 126, 139, 140, 141, 145
b Gough, Samuel and Thomas 186, 187
Governesses 94
Gower, 2nd Baron (later 1st Earl) 22
Gowran, Dowager Lady (w. of 1st Baron) 25, 177
Grafton Street 19
Graham, Marquess of (later 2nd Duke of Montrose) 181
Graham, Margaret 175
Grandison, Earl 183
Gray, Lady (?w. of Sir James Gray, Bt) 181
b Gray, William 176–7
Great Landlords of London, The 65
Great Russell Street 9
Greater London Council 81
Greathead, Samuel 185
Greek Revival style 129, 130, 131
Green, Edgar 65
b Green, John 23, 29, 176–7, 182, 183, 190–1, 192–3
Green, William J. 59
Green and Abbott 153
Green Park 3, 4
Green Street 12, 22, 23, 32, 42–3, 81, 119, 147; fig. 1 (p. 32);
Pls. 36b, 45b
-, garden 22, 69–70, 74, 159, 160; Pl. 47b
-, rebuildings
-, in 1820's–30's 46, 131; Pl. 23c
-, under 1st and 2nd Dukes 53, 54, 63n., 70, 140, 145, 147, 159,
161, 162
-, social character 54, 64, 85, 87, 88, 89, 97, 99
-, Hampden House see No. 61
-, No. 1 see North Audley Street, Nos. 25–29
-, Nos. 2–8 55, 58, 160–1
-, No. 9 55, 160–1
-, No. 10 55, 59, 148, 160, 161
-, No. 11 55, 160–1
-, No. 19 55, 58n., 60
-, Nos. 25–30 55n., 58, 147
-, No. 31 55n., 56, 58, 147
-, No. 32 58, 78, 79, 149; Pl. 36b
-, Nos. 38–46 160; Pls. 45b, 47b
-, No. 48 160
-, Nos. 51–54 55n., 144, 147
-, Nos. 55–59 55n.
-, No. 60 (former number) 22, 24
-, No. 61 (Hampden House) 22, 24, 31, 68, 101, 118, 133
-, see also St. Mary's Chapel
Grice, Nicholas 175
b Griffith, Charles 176–7, 180–1, 182–3, 193, 195
Grimston, Viscount (later 2nd Earl of Verulam) 90, 92
Grosse, Francis 40
GROSVENOR: List of heads of main family since 1622,
subsequently indexed alphabetically
-, 1622–45: Sir Richard, 1st baronet
-, 1645–64: Sir Richard, 2nd baronet
-, 1664–1700: Sir Thomas, 3rd baronet
-, 1700–32: Sir Richard, 4th baronet
-, 1732–3: Sir Thomas, 5th baronet
-, 1733–55: Sir Robert, 6th baronet
-, 1755–1802: Sir Richard, 7th baronet, 1st Baron Grosvenor
from 1761, 1st Viscount Belgrave and Earl Grosvenor
1784–1802
-, 1802–45: Robert, 2nd Earl Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster 1831–45
-, 1845–69: Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
-, 1869–99: Hugh Lupus, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, 1st Duke
of Westminster 1874–99
-, 1899–1953: Hugh Richard Arthur, 2nd Duke of Westminster
-, 1953–63: William, 3rd Duke of Westminster
-, 1963–7: Gerald Hugh, 4th Duke of Westminster
-, 1967 onwards: Robert George, 5th Duke of Westminster
Grosvenor family 1, 3, 4, 6–9, 33, 34, 43, 47, 79–80
-, finances 33, 34, 43–4
-, London residences 3, 43, 87, 102, see also Grosvenor House
(Millbank and Upper Grosvenor Street)
-, pedigree 3, 4
-, pictures owned by 43, 73, 79
-, role in development of Mayfair 6–9, 29, 30, 31, 33, 38
-, titles, acquisitions of 4, 7, 34, 47
Grosvenor, Anne (sister of 4th Bt) 9
Grosvenor, Diana (née Warburton, 2nd w. of 4th Bt) 4, 5
Grosvenor, Eleanor (née Egerton, w. of 2nd Earl Grosvenor and 1st Marquess of Westminster) 43
Grosvenor, Colonel Gerald Hugh (4th Duke of Westminster) 79
Grosvenor, Henrietta (w. of 1st Earl Grosvenor) 40
Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus (1st Duke and 3rd Marquess of Westminster, previously styled Earl Grosvenor) 32, 34, 39,
46–70 passim, 72, 79, 96–100, 135, 140–8 passim, 150–1, 162
-, architecture, and 53, 54, 57–65 passim, 70, 72, 135, 140 8
passim
-, churches, and 79, 141–2
-, control of use of premises by 51, 62, 65
-, criticisms of 64 5
-, income of 47, 48
-, leasing policy of 39, 46, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 65, 68
-, London improvements, and 63 4
-, personal 34, 46, 47, 67, 141, 148
-, philanthropic activity of 47, 60, 61, 63, 79, 99, 141
-, public houses, and 61–2
-, rebuilding on Mayfair estate by 52–3, 54, 55, 65, 98–9, 135
-, social character of Mayfair estate, and 54, 62, 63, 98–9, 100
-, Thomas Cundy III, and 53, 54, 59, 140
-, tradesmen, and 55, 56, 59, 65, 97, 98–9
-, working-class housing, and 61, 100, 142
Grosvenor, Hugh Richard Arthur (2nd Duke of Westminster)
34, 53, 54, 67–80 passim, 99, 100, 101, 150, 157, 163, 165
-, architecture, and 54, 70, 71, 77, 157
-, Blow, Detmar, and 70, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 165
-, control of use of premises by 76
-, estate management, and 70–2 passim, 75, 77
-, Grosvenor House, and 72, 75, 77
-, Grosvenor Square, and 77
-, historic buildings, and 70, 71, 72, 75–6
-, leasing policy 68, 69
-, personal 67, 70, 72, 75, 78, 79
-, property, purchase and sale of, by 72–3, 78, 79
-, rebuilding policy 53, 68, 69, 70, 72, 76, 77, 99, 157
-, settlement of estate (1901) by 67, 79
-, social character of Mayfair estate, and 76, 99
-, taxation of 79
-, will of 79
-, working-class housing, and 76
Grosvenor (née Wyndham), Jane (1st w. of 4th Bt) 4
Grosvenor, Loelia (3rd w. of 2nd Duke of Westminster) 70, 75
Grosvenor, Dame Mary (née Mary Davies, w. of 3rd Bt) 1, 3–4, 5, 7–8, 9, 11
Grosvenor, Sir Richard (1st Bt) 3, 4
Grosvenor, Sir Richard (2nd Bt) 3
Grosvenor, Sir Richard (4th Bt) 4–16 passim, 18, 19, 20, 21,
29, 33
-, Barlow, Thomas, and 11, 19
-, expenditure on Mayfair estate 8, 9, 12, 13, 16
-, Grosvenor Square, and 8, 16, 18
-, personal 4, 6, 20
Grosvenor, Sir Richard (7th Bt, later Baron and subsequently
Earl Grosvenor) 7, 8, 9, 10, 33, 35–40 passim, 42, 43, 45,
87, 88, 126
-, debts and finances of 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 45
-, entail or trusteeship of estate of 8, 33, 37
-, estate management, and 9, 38
-, leasing policy of 36–7, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45
-, personal 7, 33, 37, 40, 43, 87, 126
-, Porden, William, and 36, 38, 42, 126
-, staff of 10, 35, 36–7, 126
-, trade on Mayfair estate, and 42, 88
Grosvenor, Richard (2nd Marquess of Westminster, sometime
styled Viscount Belgrave) 35, 36, 46–55 passim, 61, 129,
133, 134, 135, 138–42 passim
-, architecture, and 48, 49, 51, 53, 133, 135, 139, 140
-, estate management under 48, 49, 50–1, 52
-, Grosvenor Gardens, Place, and 49, 52, 140
-, Grosvenor Square, and 49, 129, 133
-, leasing policy of 46, 48, 49, 54
-, Oxford Street, and 49, 55, 139
-, personal 47, 48
-, rebuilding and refronting under 48 53 passim, 54, 55, 133–5
-, social character of Mayfair estate, and 51, 52
-, working-class housing, and 61, 139, 142
Grosvenor, Richard de Aquila (1st Baron Stalbridge) 34, 144
Grosvenor, Robert (6th Bt, b. of Sir Richard, 4th Bt) 4, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18, 19n., 21, 27, 33, 178, 179, 191, 192;
plan A (57, 61)
-, Grosvenor Square, and 7, 9, 14, 18, 21, 27, 178, 179; plan A
(57)
-, Mayfair estate, development of 6, 7, 9, 10, 27
-, personal 4, 6, 8
-, Trust estate of 7, 9, 14, 17, 19n., 33
-, Upper Grosvenor Street, and 7, 191, 192; plan A (61)
Grosvenor, Robert (1st Marquess of Westminster and 2nd Earl
Grosvenor) 32, 34, 35, 40–8 passim, 92, 126, 127, 129,
130, 133
-, Belgravia, and 127
-, estate management of 44, 45, 48
-, finances of 34, 40, 43–4, 47
-, Grosvenor House, and 43, 126–7, 129
-, Grosvenor Square, alterations to, and 47, 133
-, leasing policy under 43, 45–6
-, personal 40, 43, 44, 45, 47, 92
-, public houses and hotels, and 41, 42
-, rebuildings under 46, 127, 130, 133
-, social character of Mayfair estate, and 41
-, staff of 35, 44, 127
-, will of 47, 48
Grosvenor, Lord Robert (1st Baron Ebury) 134, 141
Grosvenor, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George (5th Duke of Westminster) 79, 80, 102
Grosvenor, Roger 3
Grosvenor, Sir Thomas (3rd Bt) 1, 3, 4
Grosvenor, Sir Thomas (5th Bt, b. of Sir Richard, 4th Bt) 4, 6–7, 8, 9, 10
Grosvenor, Thomas (b. of 1st Earl) 33, 37
Grosvenor, General (later Field-Marshal) Thomas 46, 93, 134
Grosvenor later Egerton, Thomas (2nd Earl of Wilton) 34, 92–3
Grosvenor, Victor Alexander, styled Earl Grosvenor 48
Grosvenor, William (3rd Duke of Westminster) 79
Grosvenor Board, establishment and records of 38, 75
Grosvenor Buildings, Bourdon Street 61, 139, 142; Pl. 30b
Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street 10, 12, 19, 23, 29, 72, 104, 118 19, 132, 147, 157; fig. 7 (p. 119); Pl. 12b
Grosvenor Estate (general)
-, London 1, 4, 5, 33, 34, 64, 72–3, 78, 79–82, see also Belgravia;
Grosvenor Estate, Mayfair; Millbank; Pimlico
-, purchases 3
-, sales 4, 67, 72, 73, 76n., 78, 79
-, outside London 4, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 47, 48, 79–80
-, purchases 43, 47
-, sales 38, 48, 72, 79
-, overseas 67, 72, 79
-, settlements and trusts 4, 5, 8, 33, 37, 40, 43, 47, 48, 54, 67, 79
-, value 34, 40, 47–8, 79
GROSVENOR ESTATE, MAYFAIR
-, architects, choice of 57–61, 70, 147–8
-, architectural policy 31, 49, 50, 51, 53, 4, 57, 68–9, 70–1, 76,
77–8, 133–5, 138, 139, 140, 147–8, 157, 158, 161 2, 163, 164,
165, 169
-, artisans' dwellings see working-class housing
-, boundaries and extent 1; plans A, B (end pocket)
-, builders
-, assistance to 8–9
-, attitude to 55, 56, 57, 58, 69, 70, 160–1
-, choice of 57, 160, 161
-, churches, promotion of 19, 29, 43, 53, 79, 104, 141–2
-, commerce see shops, trade and commerce
-, communication with other estates and areas 12, 16, 63
-, comparison with other estates 7, 15n., 19, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45,
52–3, 64, 65–6, 69n., 72, 76, 98, 135
-, criticisms of 64–5
-, estate duties, effect of 67, 78, 79
-, fines or premiums 37–40 passim, 45–6
-, method of calculation 38–9, 39n.
-, receipts from 38, 39, 40, 44, 47, 48
-, fire insurance and precautions 40, 54
-, flats, policy towards 69, 76, 99, 163
-, gardens, public and communal, provision of 8, 16, 63, 69–70,
74, 159–60, 167
-, ground rents 17–19, 36, 37, 38, 39n., 44, 45–6, 63, 63n.
-, historic buildings and conservation, attitude to 68, 70, 71–2,
75, 80, 81, 135, 170
-, hotels, attitude to 41, 59, 100, 149
-, improvements see rebuildings, refrontings and house improvements; sanitary improvements; street improvements; and
under mews, stables and coach-houses
-, income see revenue
-, layout 11, 12–13, 103–4
-, leasehold enfranchisement, policy on 54, 64, 82
-, leasing policy, see also fines or premiums; ground rents
building and rebuilding leases 7, 15, 16–17, 19, 54–7, 64,
78, 79
-, covenants 15, 17, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50–1, 52, 62, 87, see also
noxious trades and nuisances
-, length of leases 7, 14, 36, 37, 38, 40, 43, 43n., 46, 48–9, 53,
54, 68, 78, 79
-, renewals 36 50 passim, 53, 54, 55, 61, 62, 63, 68, 69, 79, 100,
127, 130, 133
-, management methods 15–16, 35–6, 38, 44, 45, 48, 51, 52, 57,
70, 73, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 108, 147, 148
-, mews, stables and coach-houses
-, conversions 74, 76, 100, 166–7
-, improvements 63, 100
-, siting 13, 14, 16, 17, 32
-, noxious trades and nuisances 14–15, 37, 40–2, 51, 51n., 52,
62, 88
-, offices, growth of 80, 81, 101–2, 162, 169
-, personnel
-, agents 9–10, 35–6, 79
-, consultant architects 77, 78, 164–6
-, lawyers 9–11, 34–5
-, surveyors 11–12, 36, 38, 44–5, 53–4, 69, 74–5, 77, 78, 126,
127, 139–40, 148, 157–8
-, other 35, 36, 52
-, professions, attitude to 51, 62, 76, 99, 101–2
-, public houses and taverns, policy towards 30, 40, 41, 42, 52,
59, 61–2, 146
-, purchases and repurchases 30, 79
-, rebuildings, refrontings and house improvements
-, under 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess (1802–45) 31–2, 42, 46–7,
127, 129–33 passim
-, under 2nd Marquess (1845–69) 48 50, 52, 53, 133–5, 138,
139
-, under 3rd Marquess and 1st Duke (1869–99) 52–65 passim,
98–9, 100, 140–50 passim
-, under 2nd Duke (1899–1953) 67, 68–71, 74–9 passim, 157–67
passim
-, since 1953 81–2, 169–70
-, revenue 19, 19n., 33, 38, 39, 40, 43–4, 46, 47, 48, 63
-, sales of freeholds 29, 43, 60, 73, 78, 79, 163
-, sanitary improvements 52, 63
-, sewers, provision of 8, 11
-, shops, trade and commerce, attitude to 30, 40, 41, 51–2, 54,
55–7, 62, 65, 69, 75, 76, 87, 88, 99, 100, 101–2, 149, 169,
see also noxious trades and nuisances
-, street improvements 42–3, 53, 54, 63, 131
-, taverns see public houses and taverns
-, town planning, and 75, 80 2
-, trade see shops, trade and commerce
-, working-class housing, provision of 32, 61, 81, 100, 138–9,
142
Grosvenor Estate Strategy for Mayfair and Belgravia, The 80–1, 82, 101, 170
Grosvenor Gallery, New Bond Street 62
Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria 49, 52, 139, 140, 151, 160
-, Terminal House 77
Grosvenor Gate 13; Pl. 13a, b
Grosvenor Hill (formerly part of Grosvenor Mews, q.v.) 19, 31, 70, 96, 98, 131, 138; Pl. 30b
Grosvenor Hill Court 170
Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria Station 139
Grosvenor (formerly Peterborough) House (Alexander Davies's), Millbank 3, 4, 7, 21, 36n., 43
Grosvenor House (Hotel), Park Lane 77, 78, 79, 162, 164–5; Pl. 48c
Grosvenor (formerly Gloucester) House, Upper Grosvenor
Street 36, 43, 44, 71, 72, 77, 118, 124, 125, 126–7, 129, 130,
133, 141, 162, 164, 193; Pls. 18, 20c, 28
-, picture gallery 127, 129, 141, 151; Pls. 18a, 28b
-, screen 129, 131; Pl. 20c
-, stables 96, 142
Grosvenor Market 30, 36n., 88, 126, 138
Grosvenor Mews (now Bourdon Place and Street and Grosvenor Hill, q.v.) 11, 31, 39, 61, 85, 138
Grosvenor Office (No. 53 Davies Street) 34, 35, 38, 62, 72, 75,
129; Pl. 20b
-, see also Nos. 66 and 68 Brook Street
Grosvenor Place, Belgravia 33, 49, 52, 139, 140, 151
-, No. 5 140
Grosvenor Square
-, comparison with other squares 13, 98, 103, 104, 166
-, dimensions 13, 103
-, first building leases (tables) 174–9
-, garden 8, 8n., 16, 17, 29, 104, 166, 168, 169
-, general views Pls. 5, 54–6
-, George I statue 6, 8, 104
-, house prices 27, 28, 64, 138
-, layout and first development 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 25,
26, 28, 29, 31, 103–5, 106–7, 108, 110, 174–9
-, rebuildings
-, before 1930 49, 52, 53, 55, 64, 69, 130, 134, 135, 138, 143,
146, 150, 157, 158, 160, 161
-, since 1930 77–8, 79, 162, 165–6, 169
-, refrontings 47, 49, 50, 129, 133, 157
-, Roosevelt memorial 169
-, social character 30, 40, 51, 64, 68, 76, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95–6,
97–101 passim
-, unexecuted designs 20–1, 103 4, 104–5; Pl. 4
-, other references 33, 46, 54, 63, 68, 96, 120, 167
-, East side
-, original development and architecture 9, 16, 18, 20, 27, 31,
105, 174 7; Pl. 5
-, No. 51 158, 160, 174–5
-, No. 1 20, 106, 174 5; Pl. 8a
-, No. 2 49, 120, 124, 125, 138, 174–5
-, No. 3 52, 53, 55, 58, 143, 174–5
-, No. 4 (centre house) 9, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 49, 78, 120, 124,
125, 135, 138, 174–5; Pls. 25d, 26
-, No. 5 19, 90, 120, 176 7
-, No. 6 112, 115, 130, 176–7
-, No. 7 28, 92–3, 127, 163, 176–7
-, North side
-, original development and architecture 16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 105,
106–7, 176 7; Pl. 5
-, Europa Hotel 166
-, No. 8 now No. 88 Brook Street, q.v.
-, No. 9 14, 23, 27, 104, 112, 176–7
-, No. 10 (east) 27, 176–7
-, No. 10 (west) 121, 176–7
-, No. 10 (1864–6 house) 49, 133, 138; fig. 15 (p. 135); Pl. 54a
-, No. 11 64, 127, 176 7; Pl. 54a
-, No. 12 21, 25, 28, 105, 106, 120, 165, 169, 176 7; fig. 2a
(p. 106); Pl. 54a
-, No. 13 64, 176–7; Pl. 54a
-, No. 14 53, 106, 153, 176 7; Pl. 54a
-, No. 15 105, 176–7
-, No. 16 105, 121, 124, 125, 176–7
-, Nos. 15 and 16 (as Belgrave House) 129, 133, 151; Pls. 20a, 54a
-, No. 17 28, 106, 176 7; Pl. 54a
-, No. 18 21, 24, 28, 49, 105, 113, 124, 134, 138, 176–7; Pl. 54a
-, No. 19 21, 24, 25, 28, 77, 105, 110, 113, 120, 143, 176–7;
Pls. 15b, 17a, b, 54a
-, No. 20 21, 24, 49, 52, 77, 101, 105, 113, 120, 133, 135, 138,
176–7; Pls. 25b, 54a
-, No. 21 21, 24, 49, 50, 68, 77, 133, 135, 138, 176–7; Pls. 25b,
55a
-, No. 22 146, 157, 176–7; Pl. 55a
-, No. 23 145, 176 7
-, West side
-, original development and architecture 16, 18, 22, 176–7;
Pl. 5a
-, United States Embassy 79, 101, 162, 166, 169; Pl. 55b
-, No. 24 50, 176–7; Pl. 55a
-, No. 25 25, 76, 106, 118, 120, 163, 176–7, 191; Pl. 55a
-, No. 26 (sometime Derby House) 49, 52, 120, 122, 124, 133,
135, 138, 143, 176–7; fig. 9a (p. 123); Pls. 15a, 25c, 40b
-, No. 27 53, 55, 58, 145, 150–1, 153, 155, 176–7; figs. 22b, 24a
-, No. 28 26, 120, 176 7
-, No. 29 112, 116, 120, 124, 125, 127, 176 7
-, No. 30 49, 52, 127, 138, 176 7
-, No. 31 176 7
-, No. 32 157, 161, 176–7
-, South side
-, original development and architecture 7, 9, 11, 16, 21, 107,
178–9; Pl. 5b
-, Britannia Hotel 166
-, No. 33 53, 145, 150, 178 9; Pl. 55a
-, No. 34 28, 53, 120, 145, 150, 178–9; Pl. 55a
-, No. 35 16, 78, 161, 178–9
-, No. 36 50, 78, 178 9
-, No. 37 78, 87, 106, 120, 178–9
-, No. 38 25, 78, 122, 133, 178–9; fig. 9c (p. 123); Pls. 16c, 17c,
25a
-, No. 39 53, 64, 178–9
-, No. 40 49, 138, 178–9
-, No. 41 53, 55, 58, 96, 121, 150–1, 178–9; fig. 22a (p. 150);
Pl. 41
-, No. 42 9, 49, 64, 132, 133, 138, 178–9
-, No. 43 178–9; Pl. 7
-, No. 44 28, 71, 106, 107, 116, 160, 169, 178–9; Pl. 7
-, No. 45 28, 36n., 43, 68, 78, 113, 116, 121, 122, 124, 125, 153,
157, 178–9, 196–7; fig. 9b (p. 123); Pls. 7, 42d, 44a
-, No. 46 28, 78, 106, 178–9
-, No. 47 26, 45, 78, 90, 92, 93, 130, 161, 163, 178–9
-, No. 48 77, 178–9
-, No. 49 120–1, 178–9
-, No. 50 (sometime General Grosvenor's house) 46, 89, 93,
112, 134, 178–9; fig. 13b (p. 132)
-, Nos. 49–50 (present building) 75, 77, 163, 164
-, For No. 51 see East side
Grosvenor Street fig. 4 (p. 111); Pls. 8c, d, 47a
-, first building 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28, 31, 31n., 105,
108, 110, 112
-, first building leases (tables) 178–85
-, rebuildings and refrontings 49, 53, 131, 133, 138
-, social character 40, 41, 52, 75, 76, 83, 87, 89, 95, 96, 97, 99,
101, 169
-, trade and business 14, 40, 41, 42, 62, 75, 76, 84, 96, 97, 99,
101, 125, 169
-, other references 20, 30, 33, 37, 39, 103, 117, 126
-, Lion and Goat public house 41
-, Mount Coffee House 11, 12, 30, 84, 184–5
-, Red Lion tavern 84, 179
-, St. George's rectory (No. 15) 28, 29, 180–1
-, Three Tuns tavern 30, 84, 183
-, No. 4 178–9
-, No. 5 41, 178–9
-, Nos. 6–9 158, 161, 178–9
-, No. 10 9, 178–9
-, No. 11 178–9
-, No. 12 62, 180–1
-, No. 13 138, 180–1
-, No. 14 50, 138, 180–1
-, No. 15 28, 29, 180–1
-, No. 16 22, 28, 62, 83, 100, 105, 112, 117, 118, 120, 124, 125,
126, 156, 180–1; Pl. 16b
-, No. 17 39n., 138, 180–1; fig. 14c (p. 134)
-, No. 18 68, 130, 133, 161, 169, 180–1
-, No. 19 180–1
-, No. 20 132, 133, 180–1
-, Nos. 21–22 54–5, 58, 59, 148, 180–1
-, Nos. 23–24 50, 138, 180–1
-, No. 25 138, 180–1
-, No. 26 159, 161, 180–1; fig. 26c (p. 158)
-, No. 27 180–1
-, No. 28 120, 180–1
-, Nos. 29 31 180–1
-, No. 32 28, 180–1
-, No. 33 23, 108, 115, 153, 156–7, 180–1; fig. 6c (p. 116)
-, No. 34 23, 25, 27, 28, 68, 108, 115, 120, 125, 169, 180–1;
figs. 5d, 6f (pp. 114, 117); Pl. 9b
-, No. 35 23, 28, 180–1
-, No. 36 180–1; fig. 3e (p. 109)
-, Nos. 37–40 180–1
-, No. 43 108, 180–1; fig. 3f (p. 109)
-, No. 44 180–1
-, Nos. 45 46 (former houses) 21, 180–1
-, No. 46 (present building) 73, 74, 155–6; fig. 25 (p. 156);
Pl. 42a
-, No. 47 180–1
-, No. 48 116, 180–1
-, No. 49 125, 143, 182–3
-, No. 50 83, 182–3; Pl. 8d
-, No. 51 28, 106, 113, 130, 182–3; fig. 2b (p. 106)
-, No. 52 23, 27, 28, 83, 112, 113, 115, 117–18, 135, 167, 182–3;
figs. 16–17 (pp. 136–7); Pl. 8c
-, No. 53 169, 182–3; Pl. 8c
-, No. 54 182–3
-, Nos. 55–57 69, 70, 158–9, 162, 182–3; Pl. 47a
-, No. 58 153, 169, 182–3; Pl. 47a
-, No. 59 68, 108, 115, 153, 182–3; Pl. 9d
-, No. 60 182–3
-, No. 61 158, 161, 182–3
-, No. 62 62, 158, 161, 182–3
-, No. 63 158, 161, 182–3
-, No. 64 182–3
-, No. 65 28, 125, 138, 182–3
-, No. 66 126, 143, 153, 182–3
-, No. 67 182–3
-, No. 68 50, 182–3
-, No. 69 23, 182–3
-, No. 70 88, 168, 182–3
-, Nos. 71–72 25, 112, 182–3
-, No. 73 182–3
-, No. 74 125, 182–3
-, No. 75 11, 69, 75, 159, 160, 182–3
-, No. 76 (former house) 41, 120, 182–3
-, Nos. 77–78 (former houses) 184–5
-, Nos. 76–78 (present building) 169
-, No. 79 (former house) 184–5
-, No. 80 (former house) see Mount Coffee House above
-, Nos. 79–80 (present building) 138
-, No. 81 184–5
Ground rents see under Grosvenor Estate, Mayfair
Guards, 2nd Troop of Horse, stables for 22, 32, 88
Guilford, 2nd Earl of (as Lord North) 89
Gunter, Captain James 43
a Guthrie, L. Rome 75, 158, 163, 164, see also Wimperis and partners; Wimperis, Simpson and Guthrie
c Haber (of Paris) 151
Hailstone, John 35, 44
Haldane, Major James 179
Hale, Captain Robert 191
b Hale, William 192, 193
Halifax, 2nd Earl of 185
Halkin Street, No. 9 73
Halkyn Hall and Castle, Flintshire 37, 48, 72
Hall, E. T. 59
Hamilton, Duchess of (w. of 5th Duke) 181
a Hammond, R. G. 68, 161
a Hamp, Stanley (Collcutt and Hamp) 163
Hampden House (No. 61 Green Street) 22, 24, 31, 68, 101, 118, 133
Hanbury's (brewers) 61
b Hancock, Jacob 24
Handasyde, Colonel (later General) Roger 179
Handel, G. F. 112
Hanmer, Sir Thomas, Bt 27, 83, 112, 113, 117–18, 183
Hanmer, Colonel William 27, 194–5
Hanover Buildings (now Flats), Binney Street Pl. 31a
Hanover Schools, Gilbert Street 146
Hanover Square 6, 11, 12, 13, 103, 104, 105, 166
Hanoverian Minister 87
Hardenberg, B. F. 46
Hare, Maudlin 3
Harley, Rt. Hon. Thomas 37
a Harris, E. Vincent 163
Harris, F. Leverton 64
a Harris, Thomas 139
Harrison, Major 43
a Harrison, Henry 132, 133, 138
Harrison, John 181
Harrison, Ralph 172–3
Harrod, William plan A (80)
Harrods 168
Harrowby, 1st Earl of 96
Harrowby, 3rd Earl of 64
Hart Street (now part of Brown Hart Gardens) 85
Hartington, Marquess of (later 3rd Duke of Devonshire) 175
Haskerton Manor, Suffolk 138
Hastings, Warren 72, 72n.
Hatfield, G. F. (2nd Duke's solicitor) 34, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75
Hatzfeldt, Princess 153, 157
Hauduroy, Mark Antony 116
a Hayward, C. F. 142
Head, Sir Francis, Bt 187
b Head, William 172–3, 174–5, 179
b Hearne, Robert 182, 183; plan A (4, 34)
Heath, Cuthbert 162
Heath Farm, Watford 34
b Heathfield, James 174–5
c Heaton, Butler and Bayne 141
Heaton House, Manchester 92, 93n.
Henry VIII 1, 2
Herbert, Hon. Nicholas (s. of 8th Earl of Pembroke) 189
Hereford Gardens 53, 100, 139, 140, 151, 160, 165; Pl. 14b
Hereford House, Oxford Street 77, 119, 164, 165
Hereford Street (later Hereford Gardens, q.v.) 20, 49, 83, 88,
119–20
-, No. 13 119
Herne, Mrs. 183
Herring, John 181
Hertford, Countess of (w. of below) 112
Hertford, Earl of (later 7th Duke of Somerset) 183
Hertford, 1st Marquess of (2nd Baron Conway) 28, 83, 86, 124
Hertford, 2nd Marquess of 39
Hertford Arms public house, Park Street 61
Hewsham, Catherine 187
Hewson, Thomas 185
Higgins's cement 121
b Higgs, Joshua, and Co. 131
b Higgs, Joshua, junior 131
b Higgs and Hill 55, 57, 58, 69, 70, 131, 160
a Hill, Oliver 168
Hill, W. E., and Son 75
Hill Street 70, 159, 163
-, No. 40A 160, 168
-, No. 40B 160
-, Nos. 42 and 44 153
a Hillier, Parker, May and Rowden 77, 169
b Hipsley, Thomas 8, 191
Hoadly, Benjamin (Bishop of Salisbury, later of Winchester) 180–1
Hoare, Richard 26
Hoare's Bank 26, 28
Hodson, John 26
b Hogg, Thomas 25, 172–3
a Holden, Charles 163
Holford, Mrs. Gwynne 50
a Holland, Henry 120, 121, 122, 129
Holland, John 41–2
b Holland and Hannen 64
Holland and Sons 125
Hollis, Edwin 60
b Holloways 55, 57, 60, 146, 160
a Horder, Percy Morley 148
Horne, James 16
Horseferry Road, Millbank 2
Hotels and lodging houses 41, 69, 85, 89, 90, 97, 100, 103, 125, 198, see also individual hotels, viz. Audley; Britannia; Claridge's; Connaught; Coulson's; Europa; Grosvenor House; Kirkham's; Lillyman's; Mivart's; Wake's
House (estate) agents 90, 121, 125, 126, 160, 198
Households, size and structure of 83, 95–6, 97, 98, 112
Houses see also Furnished houses; Mews houses
areas and area railings 51, 62, 106, 197; figs. 10, 23 (pp. 128,
152)
-, attics and garrets 31, 53, 106, 113, 196
-, balconies 42, 50, 53, 135; figs. 10, 23 (pp. 128, 152)
-, basements 106, 112, 113, 122, 197
-, bathrooms 68, 168; Pl. 53d
-, bays and projections 105, 119, 127
-, bedrooms 113, 196
-, ceilings 113–15, 121, 122, 124; fig. 5 (p. 114); Pls. 9a, 10a, 11,
15a, b, 16, 21b
-, chimneypieces see fireplaces
-, chimneypots 51
-, conversions and sub-divisions 76, 80, 163, 169
-, cornices 49, 106, 113, 115, 135, 196, 197
-, demand for 30–1, 64, 67, 68, 68n., 198
-, dining-rooms 112, 122, 151, 156, 157
-, drawing-rooms 122, 156, 157; Pls. 15a, 26a, 40b, 53a, c
-, fireplaces 24, 31, 51, 113, 122, 196, 197; Pls. 17, 26b
-, frontages, width of 15, 16, 19, 28, 31, 31n., 103, 104, 105, 107,
108, 110, 112, 119, 122
-, fronts
-, Georgian 31, 104–7, 119–22, 124; figs. 2, 8, 16 (pp. 106–7,
121, 136)
-, of the 1820's 127, 129 30; fig. 12 (p. 131)
-, early and mid Victorian 133–40 passim; figs. 13–15, 17
(pp. 132, 134, 135, 137)
-, later Victorian 142, 143, 149; figs. 22, 26 (pp. 150, 158)
-, Edwardian and later 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161; figs. 25–7
(pp. 156, 158 9)
-, stone 68–9, 71, 122, 142, 143, 149, 153, 155, 157, 158, 159,
161, 162, 165; figs. 25, 27 (pp. 156, 159)
-, inventories 112, 113, 116, 196 7
-, kitchens 112, 122, 197
-, lifts 63, 68
-, multi-occupation 31, 89, 98, 163
-, nomenclature of rooms 112, 113, 196–7
-, numbers of (total on estate) 31, 83, 85, 89, 94
-, office use of 80, 81, 101, 102
-, parlours 112, 113, 196
-, party walls 51, 105
-, planning and accommodation 31, 89, 107–12, 119, 120, 122,
123, 143, 149, 151, 155, 161, 167, 196–7; figs. 1, 3, 4, 9, 24
(pp. 32, 109, 110–11, 123, 154)
-, porches and porticoes 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 71, 133, 135
-, prices 27, 28, 31, 64, 68, 83, 126, 138
-, rack rental (annual) value 28, 31, 39n., 46
-, rear wings 108, 122, 196
-, refrontings of 49, 68–9, 133–5, 138, 157, 158; figs. 16–17
(pp. 135–6)
-, staircases 27, 107, 108, 110, 115, 116, 122, 151, 155, 167, 196,
197; fig. 6 (pp. 116–17); Pls. 9, 42a, b, 43
-, painted 115–16, 197
-, storeys and storey-heights 31, 53, 76, 89, 106, 143, 164
-, windows, treatment of 31, 49, 50, 62, 71, 87, 106, 113, 157,
159, 196, 197
-, see also Gardens, private; Interior decoration; Water closets
Housing of the Working Classes, Royal Commission on 63, 64
b How, John 193
Howard, Abraham 35
a Howard, Souster and Partners 169
b Howorth, John 172–3
Hubbard, Lady 193
b Huddle, Henry 25, 26–7, 180–1; plan A (16)
Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester 4
Hughes, John 191
a Hulbert, Maurice Charles 58, 157, 161
Hume, Sir Gustavus, Bt 175
Huntly-Gordon, H. 148
Hutchenson, Mary 193
Hutchenson, Archibald 185
Hyde, manor of I
Hyde Park 1–2, 13, 30, 65–6
Hyde Park Corner 4, 63, 67
a I'Anson, Edward, III 161
Illingworth, Baron 101
Immaculate Conception, Church of the, Farm Street 99, 146
Imperial Hotel, Holborn Viaduct 59
Improved ground rents 9, 10, 11, 19, 19n., 26 7
-, definition of 10n.
Improved Industrial Dwellings Company 61, 139, 142, 146
-, plans of flats fig. 18 (p. 142)
Ince, Howard 148
Inchiquin, 4th Earl of 179
b Ingle, Wright 49, 64, 132, 133
Ingram, Hon. Colonel Charles 185
Interior decoration 112–16, 122, 124–5, 126, 141, 143, 151,
153, 155–7, 167 8, 196–7
-, furnishings 113, 115, 124
-, painting 71, 113, 115–16, 122, 124, 168, 197
-, panelling (wainscotting) 27, 31, 112 13, 115, 124, 153, 167 8,
196–7
-, paperhanging 124–5
-, styles 118, 124, 151, 153, 155 7, 167–8, see also French styles
Interior decorators 151, 153, 155, 156, 167–8, see also Upholsterers and cabinet-makers
Inwood, William 39
a Ionides, Basil 168
Ironwork
-, external 15, 50, 106, 127, 129, 133; figs. 10, 23 (pp. 128, 152)
-, internal 115, 124; fig. 6 (pp. 116–17)
-, structural 141, see also Steel framing
Irwin, 6th Viscount 191
a Isaacs, Lewis H. 59, see also Isaacs and Florence
a Isaacs and Florence 57, 59, 146, 147
Isaacson, F. W. 153
c Isherwood and Co. 125
Italian Embassy (former) 101
Italian Garden, Brown Hart Gardens 61, 142, 146; Pl. 31a
Italianate style 130, 135, 140
b Jackling, William 174–5
b Jackman, Francis 187
James I 2, 4
James, John 16, 22
b James, John 183, 185
James Street see Gilbert Street
c Jansen (of Paris) 168
Japanese Embassy (proposed) 76, 76n.
b Jayne, William 187
Jekyll, Lady Anne 189
a Jell, G. Thrale 163
Jenkins, Elizabeth 187
a Jenkins, John 36n., 126
b Jenner, James 193
b Jenner, John 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 178–9, 180, 181; plan A (28, 29, 45, 46)
Jennings, Anne 177
Jennings, Susannah 185
Jersey, 3rd Earl of 193
a Johnson, John 58, 143
c Johnstone, John 126
Johnstone, Sir John 52
Joiners and joinery 113, 115, 160, 161
Jolliffe, — 193
Jones, Abigail 175
Jones, Elizabeth 85
Jones Street 19, 98
a Joseph, C. S. and E. M. 77, 165
a Joseph, Delissa 162