Howard Street was in the

Liberty of the Savoy The Savoy was a manor and liberty located between the Liberty of Westminster, on two sides, the Inner and Middle Temple part of the City of London and the River Thames. It was in the county of Middlesex. Named for the Savoy Palace, it came to b ...

between Westminster and the City of London; it ran from

Surrey Street Surrey Street in the City of Westminster, London, runs from Strand in the north to Temple Place in the south. It was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens. History Surrey Street was built on land once occupied by Arund ...

in the west to

Arundel Street Arundel Street is a street in the City of Westminster, London, that runs from Strand, London, Strand in the north to Temple Place in the south. It is on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens. Location Arundel street runs from Str ...

in the east, and was crossed only by Norfolk Street. It was demolished in the 1970s.

History

It was built on land once occupied by

Arundel House Arundel House was a London town-house located between the Strand and the River Thames, near the Church of St Clement Danes. History During the Middle Ages, it was the London residence of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, when it was known ...

and its gardens, the property of the

Howard family The Howard family is an English noble family Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has of ...

, Dukes of Norfolk. Howard Street and its neighbouring streets, Arundel, Norfolk, and

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

, were all built after Arundel House was demolished by the earl of Arundel in 1678. Howard and Norfolk Streets were demolished in the 1970s to build Arundel Great CourtAmberley House, 11-12 Norfolk Street, Westminster.
Historic England. Retrieved 23 January 2017. – taken over by another building in 2012.
Simon Jenkins, ''

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'', 5 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017. A major replacement is a campus of

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