Chesterfield Street

Street in Mayfair, London

6 Chesterfield Street, with W. Somerset Maugham blue plaque

Chesterfield Street is a "virtually intact" Georgian street (except for No. 6, which is a reconstruction)[1] in London's Mayfair district. Several of the buildings are Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.[2]

## Location

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Chesterfield Street runs south to north from Curzon Street to Charles Street.[3]

## History

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Chesterfield House in 1760, published in Walford's Old & New London (1878)

It is named after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, and bounded the grounds to the east of what was Chesterfield House.[3]

## Notable buildings

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The gentleman's club White's was founded at No. 4 in 1693; in 1778 it moved to 37–38 St James's Street.

The High Commission of The Bahamas is at No. 10.

The individual listed buildings on Chesterfield Street are 1,[4] 2,[5] 10,[6] 11,[7] 14,[8] and 15.[9] 8 and 9 and 12 and 13 Chesterfield Street are listed in pairs.[10][11]

## Notable residents

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Beau Brummell blue plaque at No. 4

Notable residents have included Beau Brummell, the Earl of Dundonald[3] and the Indian businessman Neeraj Kanwar.[12][13]

Sir Rodney Mundy, Admiral of the Fleet died at his home in Chesterfield Street in 1884.

* No. 1, Lord Dudley[3]
* No. 1, Herbert Jenner-Fust, judge, died there in 1852.
* No. 3, Caroline Norton, social reformer and author[3]
* No. 4, Beau Brummell[3][14]
* No. 4, Anthony Eden, prime minister, lived there 1955–57.[15]
* No. 4, The Duke of Devonshire lived there in the late 1990s.[16]
* No. 6, W. Somerset Maugham, novelist and playwright, lived there 1911–19.
* No. 7, Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
* No. 8, Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig, eldest son of John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, was born there.[17]
* No. 11, Sir Robert Adair, diplomat[3]

## References

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1. ^ Andrew Duncan (2008). Walking London: Thirty Original Walks in and Around London. New Holland Publishers. p. 78\. ISBN 978-1-84773-054-1. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
2. ^ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results?q=chesterfield street&county=City of Westminster&parish=-1&searchtype=nhlesearch&searchResultsPerPage=20
3. ^ a b c d e f g "Mayfair - British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
4. ^ Historic England, "1 Chesterfield Street (1066267)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
5. ^ Historic England, "2 Chesterfield Street (1066268)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
6. ^ Historic England, "10 Chesterfield Street (1066269)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
7. ^ Historic England, "11 Chesterfield Street (1291575)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
8. ^ Historic England, "14 Chesterfield Street (1219227)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
9. ^ Historic England, "15 Chesterfield Street (1066271)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
10. ^ Historic England, "8 and 9 Chesterfield Street (1291570)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
11. ^ Historic England, "12 and 13 Chesterfield Street (1066270)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 October 2017
12. ^ "High-end 'burglars' in court - Court News UK". courtnewsuk.co.uk. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
13. ^ "Apollo Tyres turns its back on China". Financial Times. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
14. ^ "BRUMMELL, Beau (1778-1840) - English Heritage". www.english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
15. ^ Hewitson, Jessie (4 October 2017). "A house with the new status symbol — 'the double blue'". Retrieved 4 October 2017 - via www.thetimes.co.uk.
16. ^ Turner, Graham (30 March 2001). "The duke of hazard". Retrieved 4 October 2017 - via www.telegraph.co.uk.
17. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume X. St Catherine's Press. 1945. p. 707.

## External links

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Media related to Chesterfield Street at Wikimedia Commons

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