[1] It was built up between 1735 and 1746 by Edward Shepherd on the open ground then used for the annual fair from which Mayfair derives its name.

In the 1920s, it hosted leading writers and artists such as Anthony Powell, Michael Arlen and Sophie Fedorovitch.

It contained paved alleys, a duck pond, and a two-storey market topped by a theatre.

[6] In the 1980s, the then deputy Conservative Party chairman and author Jeffrey Archer allegedly met the prostitute Monica Coghlan in Shepherd Market.

The flat belonged to Harry Nilsson[7] Shepherd Market is between Piccadilly and Curzon Street in Mayfair.