Piccadilly Arcade 360, London - June 2009

Piccadilly Arcade runs between

Piccadilly Piccadilly () is a road in the City of Westminster, London, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road that connects central London to Hammersmith, Earl's Cour ...

and

Jermyn Street Jermyn Street is a one-way street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster in London, England. It is to the south of, parallel, and adjacent to Piccadilly. Jermyn Street is known as a street for gentlemen's-clothing retailers. His ...

in central

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. It was opened in 1909, having been designed by Thrale Jell, and is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...

building. The arcade is composed of twenty-eight shops on the ground floor. The first floor was originally offices, but converted to the Felix Hotel in 1915. The buildings were bombed in 1941 during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

and not fully restored until 1957.'Piccadilly, South Side', in Survey of London: Volumes 29 and 30, St James Westminster, Part 1, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1960), pp. 251-270. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols29-30/pt1/pp251-270 ccessed 3 May 2019 Among the shops in the arcade are the Royal Warrant holder

Benson & Clegg Benson & Clegg is a bespoke tailors and gentlemen's outfitters located at 9 Piccadilly Arcade, Jermyn Street in London. Benson & Clegg was founded by Harry Benson and Thomas Clegg, who both worked for Hawes & Curtis, at 34 Bury Street, Londo ...

, who moved here in 1976 from their previous location in Jermyn Street. A bronze statue of

Beau Brummell George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) was an important figure in Regency England and, for many years, the arbiter of men's fashion. At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but ...

sits at the Jermyn Street end of the arcade, designed by Irena Sidiecka.

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Piccadilly Vaults

The Armoury of St. James's
{{Shopping centres in London Buildings and structures on Piccadilly Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster Portman estate Shopping centres in the City of Westminster Shopping arcades in England Tourist attractions in the City of Westminster 1909 establishments in England

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