Green Street, Mayfair

It has had a number of significant residents, including various members of the British aristocracy, the James Bond author Ian Fleming, and the Beatles.

It is presumed to be named after a local builder, John Green, who worked in the area until he was accidentally killed in 1737, when he fell down a well in nearby Upper Grosvenor Street.

Unlike some local streets in Mayfair, it was not initially considered a fashionable or desirable address.

[1] From 1882 to the early 1920s, the remainder of Green Street was demolished and rebuilt, predominantly in redbrick or terracotta backed houses.

10 which was built for St John Brodrick (the future Earl of Midleton) and designed by Balfour and Turner.

The house was built using Portland stone dressings and Westmorland slate, and included a white marble staircase with a wrought iron balustrade.

[6][7] By 1862, the obstetrician Gustavus Murray was living in Green Street, where he also had his consulting rooms.

[8] The politician, sportsman and future Secretary of State for the Colonies, Alfred Lyttelton lived at No.

[1] When the Beatles first arrived in London in 1963, they stayed at the Hotel President in Bloomsbury before taking a lease on an apartment at No.

[14][15][16] John Wickham Legg, personal physician to Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, lived at No.

47, and his son Leopold Wickham Legg, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, was born there.

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