Mansfield Street, London
Mansfield Street is a street in the Marylebone district of central London.
It runs roughly north to south from New Cavendish Street to Queen Anne Street. About halfway, there are t-junctions with Duchess Street, off to the east, and Mansfield Mews, off to the west.
5-13 and 16–22 are all grade II* listed.[1][2] They were designed by Robert and James Adam, and built in 1770–75.[2]
Notable people
No. 13 was the home of the architect John Loughborough Pearson, and the home and office of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, from 1919 to his death in 1944.[2]
No. 18 was the birthplace of the biochemist Rosalind Pitt-Rivers in 1907 (as Rosalind Venetia Henley).[3]
References
- Historic England. "5-13, MANSFIELD STREET W1 (1273679)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- Historic England. "82, NEW CAVENDISH STREET W1, 16-22, MANSFIELD STREET W1 (1239532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- "Rivers, Rosalind Venetia Lane Fox Pitt- (1907–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57570. Retrieved 24 January 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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