Bulstrode Street is a street in

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in the

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that runs from

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in the east to

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in the west. It is crossed only by

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History

Bulstrode Street was laid out when the Marylebone area was urbanised on a grid pattern in the early 1700s.Aldous, Tony. (1980) ''The Illustrated London News Book of London's Villages''. London: Secker & Warburg. p. 87. It is named after

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in Buckinghamshire which was in the ownership of the first

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and was the family seat until 1810. The second Duke married

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, the only child and heiress of Edward Harley of

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fame, and thus acquired the land on which Bulstrode Street stands.

Buildings

The most prominent buildings in Bulstrode Street are the modern Marylebone Hotel on the north side, which has its entrance in Welbeck Street, and The American College on the south side. The three terraced

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at numbers 3 to 7 on the south side, built around 1780–1800, are

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s with

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. Adjoining houses number 19 and 21 at the western end on the south side are also grade II listed. The Golden Eagle, a late Victorian

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,''Conservation Area Audit Harley Street''
City of Westminster, London, 2007
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V.V. Rouleaux at number 102.V.V. Rouleaux.
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