William Mews is a

mews A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential ...

street in

Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End of London, West End. ...

, London. It is named after William Lowndes of the local landowning Lowndes family. The street is entered from the north east corner of

Lowndes Square Lowndes Square is a residential garden square at the north-west end of Belgravia, London, SW1. It is formed of archetypal grand terraces of light stucco houses, cream or white. The length of the central rectangular garden is parallel with Sloane ...

and runs parallel to both its east side and

Kinnerton Street Kinnerton Street is in the district of Belgravia in the City of Westminster, London, England. It had modest origins as a service street for wealthy areas of the Grosvenor Estate and was originally occupied by the animals, servants, shopkeepers and ...

to the east. The actress and socialite

Elvira Barney Elvira Enid Barney (née Mullens; ) was an English socialite and actress known professionally as Dolores Ashley. She was tried for the murder of her lover, Michael Scott Stephen, in 1932. The trial was widely reported by the British press. She wa ...

lived at no 21, and in May 1932, she and Michael Scott Stephen hosted a dinner party, after which Stephen died of bullet wounds and Barney was arrested and charged with murder, but was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter, only convicted for possession of a firearm.

Whaddon House Whaddon House is a block of flats in William Mews, Knightsbridge, London, England. Standing near the east side of Lowndes Square, the building runs north to south, parallel with and between the square and Kinnerton Street. From early 1964 to 19 ...

, a block of flats at 11-18 William Mews was home in the 1960s to

The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...

Brian Epstein Brian Samuel Epstein (; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was a British music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. Epstein was born into a family of successful retailers in Liverpool, who put him i ...

and

Pattie Boyd Patricia Anne Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female look of the era. Boyd married George Harri ...

. The banker and businessman

Stephen Catto, 2nd Baron Catto Stephen Gordon Catto, 2nd Baron Catto (14 January 1923 – 3 September 2001), was a British banker and businessman. Educated at Eton College and Cambridge University, Catto in 1948 joined merchant bank Morgan Grenfell & Co. (where his father ...

(1923-2001) lived at no 41.

References

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