Henrietta Place, originally known as Henrietta Street, is a street in

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in the

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in central London that runs from

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in the east to

Cavendish Square Cavendish Square is a public square, public garden square in Marylebone in the West End of London. It has a double-helix underground commercial car park. Its northern road forms ends of four streets: of Wigmore Street that runs to Portman Square ...

in the west. It is joined on the north side by

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and

Wimpole Street Wimpole Street is a street in Marylebone, central London. Located in the City of Westminster, it is associated with private medical practice and medical associations. No. 1 Wimpole Street is an example of Edwardian architecture, Edwardian baroq ...

, and on the south side by Vere Street,

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, and Old Cavendish Street.

History

Henrietta Street, now Place, was named after Lady Henrietta Cavendish, the 18th century heiress to the Manor of Marylebone lands and the wife of Edward Harley after whom

Harley Street Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, Central London, named after Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.Welbeck Street car park Welbeck Street car park was an architecturally notable car park built in the Brutalist style that was found in Marylebone, just north of Oxford Street, in the City of Westminster, London. The entrance was on the east side in Welbeck Street and it ...

and The Royal Society of Medicine which has its entrance in Wimpole Street. Between them is Henrietta House which is owned by Lazari Investments and occupied by property firm

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since 2011 after

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moved out. It was designed by

Christopher Haddon Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...

of the Building Design Partnership and incorporates at first floor level on the exterior a series of fifteen

Portland stone Portland stone is a limestone geological formation (formally named the Portland Stone Formation) dating to the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic that is quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The quarries are cut in beds of whi ...

sculptures by

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commissioned by the

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to show the architectural history of Britain. The project was the winner of the

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Art for Architecture award in 1990. At the Cavendish Square end on the north side is the

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. The south side of the street is dominated by the back of retail premises on Oxford Street such as the

Debenhams Debenhams plc was a British department store chain that operated in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark, as well as franchised locations across Europe and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 1778 as a single store in London and gr ...

and

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(previously D.H. Evans) department stores. The Debenhams store was built in the late 1960s or early 1970s to replace a

Marshall & Snelgrove Marshall & Snelgrove was a department store on the north side of Oxford Street, London, on the corner with Vere Street, Westminster, Vere Street founded by James Marshall (b.1806 Yorkshire – d.22 November 1893). The company became part of the ...

store on the same site. Between them is the church of

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, a

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also known as the Oxford Chapel or the Marylebone Chapel, the architect of which was

James Gibbs James Gibbs (23 December 1682 – 5 August 1754) was a Scottish architect. Born in Aberdeen, he trained as an architect in Rome, and practised mainly in England. He is an important figure whose work spanned the transition between English Ba ...

who also lived in the street.St Peter’s, Vere Street.
Survey of London, UCL, 15 January 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016. Henrietta Passage once ran south into the centre of the buildings that were on the site now occupied by House of Fraser. Between 1724 and 1732, Gibbs designed and built four houses in the street, living in number 5 from 1731 until his death in 1754 and letting numbers 9, 10, and 11. Number 11 was demolished in 1956 when the site was acquired by Debenhams. The

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from the house was donated to the

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where it is now on display.Parlour from 11 Henrietta Street.
Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

Notable inhabitants

*James Gibbs, architect *Countess of Mornington, mother of the

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William Theed William Theed (1804 – 9 September 1891), also known as William Theed the younger, was a British sculptor, the son of the sculptor and painter William Theed the elder (1764–1817). He specialised in portraiture, and his services were extensi ...

, sculptor, creator of the group "Asia" on the

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.William Theed.
''Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951'', University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2017. *Honorable Lady Grace Cosby (née Montagu) (1687- 23 Dec 1767), Daughter of British Royal Descent to Lady Elizabeth Pelham and Hon. Edward Montagu, MP. And widowed wife of Brig-Gen. Sir William Cosby, 24th Governor of New York Province, New Jersey & Territories, Colonial America.

Gallery

File:Parlour 11 Henrietta Street V A 2505.jpg, Parlour from 11 Henrietta Street File:Debenhams from Marylebone Lane 05.jpg, Debenhams on the corner with Marylebone Lane File:Welbeck Street Car Park 01.jpg,

Welbeck Street car park Welbeck Street car park was an architecturally notable car park built in the Brutalist style that was found in Marylebone, just north of Oxford Street, in the City of Westminster, London. The entrance was on the east side in Welbeck Street and it ...

File:St Peter's Church, Vere Street Dec 2016.jpg,

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File:Henrietta Street on an 1870s Ordnance Survey map (now Henrietta Place).png, Henrietta Place marked as Henrietta Street on an 1870s

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map

References

External links

* {{coord, 51.51587, -0.14581, display=title, region:GB_type:landmark Streets in the City of Westminster Marylebone