Langham Place is a short street in

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, England. Just north of

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, it connects

Portland Place Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. Named after the 3rd Duke of Portland, the unusually wide street is home to the BBC's headquarters Broadcasting House, the Chinese and Polish embassies, the Royal Insti ...

to the north with

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to the south in

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. It is, or was, the location of many significant public buildings, and gives its name to the Langham Place group, a circle of early women's rights activists.

Buildings

There are several major buildings on Langham Place, including

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Broadcasting House London Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May. T ...

, and the

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Queen's Hall The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, Langham Place, London, opened in 1893. Designed by the architect Thomas Knightley, it had room for an audience of about 2,500 people. It became London's principal concert venue. Fro ...

and St. George's Hall were also here until their destruction during World War II. The area is associated with the architect John Nash, although all but one of his original buildings have been replaced.Regent Street History and Construction
. Starting from the north, significant buildings include:

Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House is the

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's headquarters. It was built in the 1930s in the

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style, designed by the architect George Val Myer. Several of the BBC's national radio stations broadcast from the building. The New Broadcasting House extension, home of

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, was built in 2005, and first used for broadcasting in 2013.

Langham Hotel

The Langham Hotel, on the west side of Langham Place, was built between 1863 and 1865 at a cost of £300,000. It is one of the largest and best known traditional

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All Souls Church

All Souls Church, just south of Broadcasting House, has a distinctive circular

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topped with a stone

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. Completed in 1823 and consecrated in 1824, All Souls is the only surviving building in the area that was designed by John Nash.

St. George's Hall

St. George's Hall was a theatre built in 1867 and closed in 1966. It could accommodate between 800 and 900 persons, or up to 1,500 persons including the galleries. The architect was

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of Whitehall.History of the Hall from the Arthur Lloyd website
/ref> The hall was known for three decades for its presentation of the

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alongside other musical works and lectures. After 1895, it was used for

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, drama, magic shows, as the headquarters of the London Academy of Music, and even as a skating rink. In 1933, it became a BBC broadcasting studio but was shut down after extensive damage from bombing in March 1943. The theatre was demolished in 1966, and the St Georges Hotel and Henry Wood House now stand on the site.

Queen's Hall

Queen's Hall was a

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. It opened in 1893 but was destroyed by an

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during

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in 1941. It is best known for being where the

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("Proms") were founded by Robert Newman, with Sir Henry J. Wood, in 1895.

References

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