Meard St
These pictures are of interest in that they shew the quality of the buildings demolished for this railway project.
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Queen Anne houses, built between 1702 - 1714. The leases of the sites on the south side, now Nos. 9–23,
and of the roadway, were dated 3 December 1722 and ran for sixty-one years from Michaelmas 1720. They
were granted by William Pulteney of St. Martin in the Fields, esquire. The building leases were made to the
same lessee, John Meard, the younger, who was described as carpenter and citizen of London. In the 1990
street directory no. 1 Meard Street is Westminster Penitent Female Asylum.
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Corner Shop: Meard Street
This is no longer a shop, like so many old shops it's an office or a home. The shopfront is mid 19th century. A
beautiful little street of lovely Queen Anne (1702 - 1714) houses, running between Wardour Street and Dean
Street. The leases of the sites on the south side, now Nos. 9–23, and of the roadway, were dated 3 December 1722
and ran for sixty-one years from Michaelmas 1720. They were granted by William Pulteney of St. Martin in the Fields, esquire.
The building leases were made to the same lessee, John Meard, the younger, who was described as carpenter and citizen of London.
The shopfront would have been added at a later date.
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