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

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

History

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

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

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]