Albion Street, London

Part of the Tyburnia area, it runs southwards from Connaught Street to the Bayswater Road on the edge of Hyde Park.

It was laid out in the 1820s as part of a long-term plan the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell to develop the Hyde Park Estate, then on the outskirts of London, into a fashionable residential area called Tyburnia.

[1][2] After Cockerell's death in 1827 George Gutch took over the project, and it is likely he designed the houses that stand in the street, constructed from around 1830.

[4][5] In the mid-1930s, the two corners at the southern end of the street were demolished and replaced with large Art Deco apartment blocks known as Albion Gate.

[6][7] Notable residents have included the Victorian writer William Makepeace Thackeray and Charles Vyner Brooke, the third and last Rajah of Sarawak both of whom are now commemorated by blue plaques.

House featuring a blue plaque commemorating author William Makepeace Thackeray .
Blue plaque for Charles Vyner Brooke , the last Rajah of Sarawak .
Looking northwards. One of the 1930s apartment blocks in the foreground and the Regency terraces further back.
Albion Mews, a mews which runs off Albion Street.