Hickford's Long Room

[4][5] The 1922 Groves noted that "most of the great performers, both vocal and instrumental, who visited England, gave their concerts there.

A season ticket (or "subscription") cost 4 guineas, about 44 days wages for a skilled tradesman.

[4][12] Non-ticket holders paid half a guinea (6-days' wages) to attend a show if space was available.

[13] Also part of the concert was violinist composer François-Hippolyte Barthélémon and his soon-to-be wife, soprano Polly Young,[14] Joseph Tacet (who was a master of the German flute),[15] the Brothers Colla (playing colascione)s, Spanish violinist Oliver (whose patron was the Earl of Abingdon)[16] and cellist Giovanni Battista Cirri.

[3] As Mr. Hickford became successful, he moved his establishment, in 1739, to Brewer Street near Golden Square, "a fashionable part of town.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica described the demolition as having a "deplorable disregard of its unique interest and historical associations".