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Crawford Street is a street in the
Crawford Street is a street in the Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also ) is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.
An ancient parish and latterly a metropo ...
district of the City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a London borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Greater London, England. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It contains a large par ...
, London. The street contains two grade II listed public houses.
Location
The street runs from the junction of Homer Row and Crawford Place in the west to the junction ofBaker Street
Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder James Baker. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises.
The street is ...
and Paddington Street in the east. From west to east, the street is crossed by Seymour Place
Seymour Place is a street in Marylebone in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it runs north from Seymour Street until it meets Marylebone Road, where it becomes Lisson Grove. It is crossed by Crawford Street, George Street, Mary ...
, Wyndham Place, Upper Montagu Street, Durweston Street/Montagu Mews North, Gloucester Place
Gloucester Place is a street in Marylebone in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it runs north from Portman Square across the Marylebone Road eventually merging into Park Road. It is parallel to Baker Street to the east and form ...
, Montagu Mansions and Durweston Mews/Montagu Row.
History
The street was laid out from 1795. It is named after Tarrant Crawford, a property in Dorset owned by thePortman family Portman may refer to:
* Portman (surname)
* Viscount Portman
Places
* Portmán, a town near Cartagena, Spain
* Orchard Portman, a village and civil parish in Somerset, England
* Portman Estate, 110 acres in Marylebone in London’s West End
* Por ...
who owned much of the property in the area.
Listed buildings
TheDuke of Wellington
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they ar ...
public house
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption Licensing laws of the United Kingdom#On-licence, on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the ...
at No. 94a Crawford Street is a grade II listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...
with Historic England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked with prot ...
, as is The Beehive
The Beehive () is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. It is so-called because its shape is reminiscent of that of a traditional w ...
at No. 126. There are a number of other listed buildings in the street.
References
External links
Streets in the City of Westminster Portman estate {{London-road-stub