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New Cavendish Street is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from
File:Marylebone Map Clipping from Neuester Grundriss von London Westminster und Southwark 1770.jpg, Map clipping of
The Marylebone Association
The Howard de Walden Estate
Westminster City Council Harley Street Conservation Area Audit 2008
Streets in the City of Westminster Marylebone Fitzrovia {{London-road-stub
New Cavendish Street is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Marylebone High Street
Marylebone High Street is a shopping street in London, running sub-parallel to Baker Street and terminating at its northern end at the junction with Marylebone Road. Given its secluded location, the street has been described as "the hidden wonde ...
in the west to Cleveland Street in the east. The street was built in 1775 and named after the Cavendish family
The Cavendish (or de Cavendish) family ( ) is a British noble family, of Anglo-Norman origins (though with an Anglo-Saxon name, originally from a place-name in Suffolk). They rose to their highest prominence as Duke of Devonshire and Duke of Newc ...
, who were related to the ground landlords, the Dukes of Portland.
Buildings
Among the notable buildings in the street are: *61 New Cavendish Street, the former home of Alfred Waterhouse, designer of theNatural History Museum
A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...
.
*The Cavendish Campus of the University of Westminster
The University of Westminster is a public university, public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution, it was the first Polytechnic (United Kingdom), polytechnic to open in London. The Polyte ...
.
* The Ship, a grade II listed public house.
* 63 New Cavendish Street, London is a Grade II* listed building, originally planned by Robert and James Adam on the Duke of Portland's Marylebone Estate in the 1770s. By 1775, however, the Adams’ attention had turned to the creation of Portland Place, and neo-classical architect John Johnson took over the site, erecting the townhouse that has since been redeveloped as Asia House. The rooms retain many of their original features – including bookcases designed by Sir John Soane and plaster cornicing – while other parts of the building have been modernised to create café and gallery spaces.
Recent developments
Among the recent developments on the street are: * Trees being planted along New Cavendish Street in 2011. *Rain garden
Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to increase rain runoff reabsorption by the soil. They can also be used to treat polluted stormwater runoff. Rain gardens are designed landscape sites t ...
installed at New Cavendish St and Marylebone High Street intersection in 2019.
References
Gallery
Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary.
An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it me ...
from around 1770 showing New Cavendish Street
File:Booth Povery Map - Weymouth New Cavendish Streets Extract 1888-9.jpg, Extract from Charles Booth's 1889 survey of the lives and occupations of area residents
External links
The Marylebone Association
The Howard de Walden Estate
Westminster City Council Harley Street Conservation Area Audit 2008
Streets in the City of Westminster Marylebone Fitzrovia {{London-road-stub