221B Baker Street

221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Baker Street in the late 19th century was a high-class residential district, and Holmes's apartment would probably have been part of a Georgian terrace.

[1] Almost immediately, the building society started receiving as many as 30 letters a month to Sherlock Holmes, including cards on 6 January, the date fans believe is his birthdate.

[4] A bronze plaque on the front of Abbey House carried a picture of Holmes and a quotation, but was removed from the building several years ago; its present whereabouts are unknown.[when?]

It displays exhibits in period rooms, wax figures and Holmes memorabilia, with the famous study overlooking Baker Street the highlight of the museum.

In 2005, Abbey National vacated their headquarters in Baker Street, which left the museum to battle with Westminster City Council to end the dispute over the number, which had created negative publicity.

[1] In 2018, Quartz revealed that, according to court documents and the Panama Papers, the property was owned at least partially by relatives of Nursultan Nazarbayev, then Kazakhstani president.