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Charles Street is a street in the

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district of the

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, London.

Location

Charles Street runs roughly north-east from Waverton Street in the west to

Berkeley Square Berkeley Square is a garden square in the West End of London. It is one of the best known of the many squares in London, located in Mayfair in the City of Westminster. It was laid out in the mid 18th century by the architect William Ke ...

in the east, bending slightly northward halfway along. The southwestern end is narrower.

History

The street is named after a member of the Berkeley family, and was built when Lord Berkeley's estate was developed. Most properties along the street were constructed between about 1745 and 1750, chiefly by carpenter John Phillips. Many of them are now listed by

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Inhabitants

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death o ...

, British prime minister, was born in his father's house at 20 Charles Street in 1847. *

Claude Watney Claude Watney (4 November 18667 November 1919) was a British brewery director and motor dealer. He was member of the Watney family of brewers, director of the brewing firm Watney Combe & Reid, and a motor dealer and enthusiast. In 1903 he had a s ...

lived at 20 Charles Street in the early 1900s.

Listed buildings

*2 Charles Street, a three-storey house, was built in the eighteenth century.British Listed Buildings: 2, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by

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since 1 December 1987. *6 Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house with

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s on the porch, was built circa 1753.British Listed Buildings: 10, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *7 Charles Street is a five-storey house built with Portland stone.British Listed Buildings: 7, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II since 1 December 1987. *8 Charles Street is a four-storey house built circa 1753.British Listed Buildings: 8, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II since 1 December 1987. *17 Charles Street, a five-storey terrace house, was built circa 1753.British Listed Buildings: 17, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *18 Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house, was built circa 1753.British Listed Buildings: 18, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *18a Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house on the corner of Charles Street and Chesterfield Hill, was built from 1750 to 1753.British Listed Buildings: 18a, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 1 December 1987. *18b, 19a and 19 Charles Street, four-storey houses built with

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, were built circa 1900.British Listed Buildings: 18b, 19a and 19, Charles Street
/ref> They have been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 1 December 1987. *20, Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house, was built from 1750 to 1753.British Listed Buildings: 20, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *21 Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house, was built from 1750 to 1753.British Listed Buildings: 21, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 23 December 1969. *22 Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house, was built circa 1753 by William Timbrell and John Phillips.British Listed Buildings: 22, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II* by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *23 Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house, was built circa 1753.British Listed Buildings: 23, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 1 December 1987. *25, 26 and 27 Charles Street, three four-storey terrace houses, were built circa 1753.British Listed Buildings: 25-27, Charles Street
/ref> They have been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *27a Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house on the corner of Charles Street and Waverton Street, was built in the late eighteenth century.British Listed Buildings: 27a, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 9 January 1970. *28 Charles Street, also known as Crewe House, is a detached mansion built by Edward Shepherd in 1730.British Listed Buildings: Crewe House
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II* since 24 February 1958. *29 Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house, was built from 1710 to 1753.British Listed Buildings: 29, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 24 February 1958. *37 and 38 Charles Street were combined from two separate houses into a grand mansion in 1890.British Listed Buildings: 37-38, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II* by English Heritage since 1 December 1987. *39 Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house, was built from 1750 to 1753.British Listed Buildings: 39, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II* since 24 February 1958. *40 Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house, was built from 1750 to 1753 by John Phillips and George Shakespear.British Listed Buildings: 40, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II* since 24 February 1958. *41 Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house, was built from 1750 to 1753 by John Phillips and George Shakespear.British Listed Buildings: 41, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II* since 24 February 1958. *48 Charles Street, a four-storey terrace house, was built from 1750 to 1753 by John Phillips and George Shakespear.British Listed Buildings: 48, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II since 24 February 1958. *50 Charles Street, a three-storey terrace house, was built from 1751 to 1752 by John Phillips and George Shakespear.British Listed Buildings: 50, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 1 December 1987. *51 Charles Street, a four-storey house, was built in the mid-19th century.British Listed Buildings: 51, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 3 October 2000. *52 and 52a Charles Street, a four-storey house on the corner of Charles Street and Berkeley Square, was built from 1750 to 1770.British Listed Buildings: 52-52a, Charles Street
/ref> It has been listed as Grade II by English Heritage since 24 February 1958.

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