Park Street, Mayfair Explained

Park Street is a street in Mayfair, London, England. It is the longest street on the Grosvenor Estate.^[1]

It is a one-way street running south to north from a t-junction with South Street to a crossroads with Oxford Street, where it continues north as Portman Street.

It was formerly known as Hyde Park Street.^[2] House building on the street began in the late 1720s, and was completed in the late 1770s, and the only surviving original properties are nos 70 to 78.^[1]

Notable residents

• 58 Sir Rufane Donkin, from 1827^[3]
• 64 Richard Teage, from 1729^[3]
  • Stanley Cousins, 1926-28^[3]
  • John Dewar, 2nd Baron Forteviot, 1928-36^[3]
• 91 Kenneth Mackay, 2nd Earl of Inchcape, 1936–39^[4]
• 93 Sir Louis Baron, 1st Baronet, 1931–34^[4]
• 101 Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 8th Marquess of Londonderry, 1934–41^[4]
• 103 Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart, diplomat, 1925–31^[4]
• 103A Alan Burns, 4th Baron Inverclyde, 1930–33^[4]
• 108 Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, ex-wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, 1903–32^[3]
• 110 Thomas Cundy III and his son, Thomas Elger Cundy, 1889–92^[3]
• 114 Dowager Lady Vernon, widow of 6th Baron Vernon, 1892–98^[3]
• 115: James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1894–1922); Mary, Dowager Duchess of Abercorn (died 1929);^[5] Sir Patrick Hastings (until 1952)^[6]
• unknown: James Lind^[7]
• unknown: Jean-André Deluc

Notes and References

1. Web site: Park Street and Culross Street: Introduction - British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk. 16 July 2018.
2. Book: Geraldine Edith Mitton. Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater. 16 July 2018. 1903. Library of Alexandria. 978-1-4655-3203-9. 12.
3. Web site: Park Street and Culross Street: Park Street, East Side - British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk. 16 July 2018.
4. Web site: Park Street and Culross Street: Park Street, West Side - British History Online. www.british-history.ac.uk. 16 July 2018.
5. News: Obituary: Mary, Duchess of Abercorn . . The Times Digital Archive . 10 May 1929 . 8 .
6. News: Spranklen . Annabelle . The 3rd Duke of Abercorn’s Mayfair townhouse has been transformed into sweeping apartments . 31 July 2024 . Tatler . 24 March 2021.
7. BEBBINGTON. W. G.. A Friend of Shelley: Dr. James Lind . 1960-03-01. Notes and Queries. 7. 3. 83–93. 10.1093/nq/7-3-83. 1471-6941.