Mason's Yard is a street in London SW1, England.

Overview

Mason's Yard is a

cul-de-sac A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet. The term "dead end" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology ...

east off Duke Street in the St James's area of London in the

City of Westminster The City of Westminster is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and London boroughs, borough in Inner London. It is the site of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and much of the British government. It occupies a large area of cent ...

White Cube White Cube is a contemporary art gallery founded by Jay Jopling in London in 1993. The gallery has two branches in London: White Cube Mason's Yard in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London; White Cube Hong Kong, in Centra ...

has one of its two London galleries locations here, which opened in September 2006 at 25–26 Mason's Yard. The plot was previously occupied by an electricity substation. London Library back 4

The London Library is to the south and the

Cavendish Hotel The Cavendish Hotel is a modern 4-star, 230-bedroom, luxury hotel in St James's, London, United Kingdom, facing the restaurant front of Fortnum and Mason on Piccadilly. Across Piccadilly is Mayfair. It is currently known as "The Cavendish London ...

to the north on the corner of Duke Street and Jermyn Street.

History

The original Ormond Yard was laid out as a 200 feet square plot. It was designed to be a stableyard. It was also formerly known as West Stable Yard. By 1740, the yard was known as Mason's Yard, probably because the owner of the two houses fronting onto both the yard itself and Duke Street was called Henry Mason, a victualler.

The

Indica Gallery Indica Gallery was a counterculture art gallery in Mason's Yard (off Duke Street), St James's, London from 1965 to 1967, in the basement of the Indica Bookshop. John Dunbar, Peter Asher, and Barry Miles owned it, and Paul McCartney supported ...

was a counterculture art gallery at 6 Mason's Yard during 1965 to 1967, in the basement of the Indica Bookshop. John Dunbar, Peter Asher, and Barry Miles owned the gallery. Paul McCartney supported it and hosted a show of Yoko Ono's work in November 1966, at which Ono met John Lennon.

The Scotch of St. James The Scotch of St. James is a nightclub situated at Mason's Yard, London. Tucked away at the bottom of an alley it served as a prominent nightclub, live music venue and historically significant meeting place for London's rock elite in the 1960s ...

is a nightclub and music venue, originally established in 1965 at 13 Mason's Yard.

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

performed here on the night of his arrival in England on 24 September 1966 and met

Kathy Etchingham Kathleen Mary Etchingham (born 18 June 1946) is an English writer known from the Swinging London music scene of the 1960s and her relationship with Jimi Hendrix. Early life Etchingham was born in Derby, the daughter of Charles Etchingham, an ...

, who became his girlfriend. Gered Mankowitz photographed Jimi Hendrix in his studio at 9 Mason's Yard in 1967. The Matthiesen Gallery, a leading dealership in Italian French and Spanish old master pictures, occupied No.6 dorm from 1978–1980, during which time they were involved in the development of the adjoining site, Nos 7–8, which was vacant. The resulting building was the first purpose built specialised private art gallery since WWII and was the location of numerous exhibitions from 1981 to 2009. The Gallery still occupies the site. The Paisnel Gallery was previously located at 22 Mason's Yard, moving here from Fulham Road in the early 1990s. The site is now occupied by Alan Wheatley Art.

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* Streets in the City of Westminster St James's Art gallery districts {{London-geo-stub