[citation needed] Howard Street once joined Arundel on the west but no longer exists.
The street is on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens, the property of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk.
[2] It is mentioned nostalgically in John Gay's Trivia (1716) as follows: "Behold that narrow street which steep descends, Whose buildings to the slimy shore extends; Here Arundel's fam'd structure rear'd its frame, The street alone retains the empty name"[3] The Whittington Club, formed 1847, stood on the east side at the north end on the corner with Water Street.
[5] It was rebuilt in the late nineteenth century and the bay front that faced Victoria Embankment was replaced with a gothic design.
[6][7][8] At the south end on the corner with Temple Place is the modern Arundel House, home of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.