![Angel in the Fields, Thayer Street, London](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Angel_in_the_Fields%2C_Thayer_Street%2C_London.JPG)
Thayer Street is a street in the
Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary.
An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it me ...
district of the
City of Westminster, London, that contains four listed buildings.
Location
![Thayer Street map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Thayer_Street_map.jpg)
Thayer Street runs from the junction of
Marylebone High Street
Marylebone High Street is a shopping street in London, running sub-parallel to Baker Street and terminating at its northern end at the junction with Marylebone Road. Given its secluded location, the street has been described as "the hidden wonde ...
,
Blandford Street and
Marylebone Lane
Marylebone Lane is one of the original streets of the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London. It runs from Oxford Street in the south to Marylebone High Street in the north, its winding shape following the course of the River Tybu ...
in the north to the junction of
Hinde Street
Hinde Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster, London, that contains the Hinde Street Methodist Church and was home to the novelist Rose Macaulay until her death.
Location
Hinde Street runs from Manchester Squar ...
,
Mandeville Place and
Bentinck Street in the south. It is joined by George Street on its western side and
Bulstrode Street
Bulstrode Street is a street in Marylebone in the City of Westminster that runs from Welbeck Street in the east to Thayer Street in the west. It is crossed only by Marylebone Lane.
History
Bulstrode Street was laid out when the Marylebone area ...
on its eastern side.
History
In 1936, the
London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...
tried to rename the street Marylebone High Street, along with Mandeville Place and James Street so that the whole north–south route from
Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and ...
to
Marylebone Road would have the same name. The proposal was opposed by the shopkeepers and small traders in the street who worried about the cost of the change, possible customer confusion, and the association with Marylebone Road rather than the posher Oxford Street they were nearer. The occupants of Mandeville Place felt that they did not want to lose the higher class associations of the street in order to be associated with shopkeepers. The proposal did not go ahead.
Buildings
Thayer Street is mainly made up of older terraced houses with small shops at ground level. Heron Place is a 1960s mixed use building on the western side that was renovated in 2013/14.
![Hinde Street Methodist Church - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Hinde_Street_Methodist_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_418886.jpg)
The
West London Mission of the Methodist Church is a
grade II listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ir ...
with
Historic England
Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. It is tasked w ...
at number 19 on the eastern side. It was rebuilt in 1980 behind the original facade.
[ Next door is the side elevation of Hinde Street Methodist Church, built 1807–10, and rebuilt in the 1880s.][Hinde Street Methodist Church.]
Methodist Heritage. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
Numbers 33-35 Thayer Street are also grade II listed buildings.
References
External links
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Streets in the City of Westminster
Marylebone