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Queen Anne's Gate

Queen Anne’s Gate is a street in Westminster, London. Many of the buildings are Grade I listed, known for their Queen Anne architecture. Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner described the Gate’s early 18th century houses as “the best of their kind in London.” The street’s proximity to the Palace of Westminster made it a popular residential area for politicians; Lord Palmerston was born at No. 20 while Sir Edward Grey and Lord Haldane, senior members of H. H. Asquith’s Cabinet, were near neighbours at Nos. 3 and 28 respectively. Other prominent residents included the philosopher John Stuart Mill at No. 40, Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the founder of MI6 at No. 21, and Admiral “Jacky” Fisher at No. 16.

Former name(s)

Queen Square, Park Street

Transport for London

Central London, Westminster, London

SW1

51°30′02″N 0°07′56″W / 51.5005°N 0.1322°W / 51.5005; -0.1322

Storey's Gate

Petty France

Location[edit]

Queen Anne’s Gate runs from Old Queen Street in the east to a cul-de-sac in the west. It runs parallel with Birdcage Walk to the north and Petty France, Broadway and Tothill Street to the south. Carteret Street joins Queen Anne’s Gate on its southern side.[1]

No. 2 is of c. 1825 and is listed at Grade II.

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No. 3 dates from the 1770s, although it was entirely rebuilt behind the existing facade in the early 21st century. Home of , Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of the First World War, and earlier of the politicians James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury and Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne.[15] Nos. 1-3 are listed Grade II.[16]

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Nos. 5-13 are listed at Grade I.

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Nos. 6-12 are listed at Grade II*. Of the mid-19th century, the block was designed by the Elmes, and son.[18] Howard Colvin notes that No. 6 was designed for the Parliamentary Agency Offices.[19]

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Nos. 9-13, the basement of this block housed a private , The Bride of Denmark, established by staff at the Architectural Review which had offices at No. 9 above. The pub was fitted out with architectural salvage from London public houses destroyed in the Second World War and was itself demolished in the 1990s, following Robert Maxwell’s acquisition of the Review.[20][c]

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No. 14 was home of the antiquarian [22] and later served as the office of the architectural practice T. P. O’Sullivan & Partners. Nos. 14-22, 22a and 24 are listed Grade I.[23] No. 14 was designed by Samuel Wyatt and he may have been involved elsewhere in the street.[24][d]

Charles Townley

No. 15 is listed Grade I. It contains interiors by Edwin Lutyens, undertaken for his friend and supporter Edward Hudson.[6][e]

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No. 16, home of , Admiral of the fleet and naval moderniser; and of the abolitionist William Smith; where there are commemorative blue plaques in both names.[30] The restoration of the house won a Georgian Group award. It is now owned by the businessman Troels Holch Povlsen.[31]

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

No. 17 is listed Grade I. Dating from the very early 18th century, the house, with its companion No. 19, form among the best remaining elements of the original design of the street.[32] Edwin Lutyens, who also undertook work elsewhere in the street, lived there in the mid-1920s.[33]

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No. 19 was, between 1705 and 1718, in the 1920s, home to , a founder of the Bank of England. In the 1920s, Sir Aston Webb, an architect who undertook the refacing of Buckingham Palace in 1913, lived at the house.[34]

William Paterson

No. 20 was the birthplace of .[35] In the 1920s, it was home to George Riddell, 1st Baron Riddell, owner of the News of the World and confidant of David Lloyd George.[36]

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

No. 21, a house dating to 1704 that at one time was the home of Sir , the founder of MI6. Its initial operations were based at No. 21. Reputedly, a tunnel led from it to MI6's headquarters at 54 Broadway nearby.[37] Nos. 21 and 23 are listed Grade I.[38]

Mansfield Smith-Cumming

No. 24, home to the politician from 1783 to 1788, and the judge Sir Edward Vaughan Williams, from 1836 until his death in 1875.[39]

Sir George Shuckburgh-Evelyn

No. 25 is listed Grade I.

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No. 26 was home to and Trudie Styler for approximately 20 years until 2016 when they sold the home and art collection.[41] Nos. 26-32 inclusive are listed at Grade I.[42]

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No. 28, in the early 20th century, No. 28 was the home of ,[43] army reformer as Secretary of State for War, and Lord Chancellor, and subsequently of Ronald and Nancy Tree (later Lancaster).[6]

Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane

No. 32, in the early 1920s this house was the home of the writer who resided there with her great aunt Edith (Lady Allendale).[44]

Elizabeth Bowen

No. 34, formerly the home of , and from 1962 to 2013, home to St Stephen's Club, a private member's club.[45] No. 34 was designed by Detmar Blow and is listed Grade II.[46]

Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner

No. 40 was home to and his father James Mill.[47] It is Grade I listed.[48]

John Stuart Mill

Nos. 42, 44 and 46 are also all Grade I listed buildings.[50][51] No.s 40, 42 and 44 were the headquarters of the National Trust from 1945-1982.[52]

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Queen Anne’s Gate has been home to a number of notable people, including a quantity of politicians given its proximity to the Palace of Westminster. Some of the houses have Blue plaques commemorating their residents.[13] Many of the buildings are listed, most at the highest grade, Grade I, sometimes for their architectural merit and sometimes for their historical significance.

Old Queen Street[edit]

Old Queen Street is a continuation of Queen Anne’s Gate, connecting it to Storey’s Gate. It was first laid out with townhouses in the late 18th century. Seven of the buildings on the street are listed, all at Grade II: Nos. 9 & 11,[53] No. 20,[54] No. 24,[55] Nos. 26 & 28,[56] Nos. 30 & 32,[57] No. 34[58] and No. 43.[59]

1-3 Queen Anne’s Gate

1-3 Queen Anne’s Gate

6-12 Queen Anne’s Gate

6-12 Queen Anne’s Gate

14 Queen Anne's Gate

14 Queen Anne's Gate

15 Queen Anne’s Gate

15 Queen Anne’s Gate

Doorcase at No. 28 Queen Anne's Gate

Doorcase at No. 28 Queen Anne's Gate

40 Queen Anne's Gate

40 Queen Anne's Gate

Statue of Queen Anne at Queen Anne's Gate London

Statue of Queen Anne at Queen Anne's Gate London

11 Old Queen Street

11 Old Queen Street

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