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Mansfield Street is a street in the
Mansfield Street is a street in the Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also ) is an area in London, England, and is located in the City of Westminster. It is in Central London and part of the West End. Oxford Street forms its southern boundary.
An ancient parish and latterly a metropo ...
district of central London.
It runs roughly north to south from New Cavendish Street to Queen Anne Street. About halfway, there are t-junctions with Duchess Street, off to the east, and Mansfield Mews, off to the west.
5-13 and 16–22 are all grade II* listed. They were designed by Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...
and James Adam, and built in 1770–75.
Notable people
No. 13 was the home of the architectJohn Loughborough Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson (5 July 1817 – 11 December 1897) was a British Gothic Revival architect renowned for his work on churches and cathedrals. Pearson revived and practised largely the art of vaulting, and acquired in it a proficie ...
, and the home and office of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials ...
, from 1919 to his death in 1944.
No. 18 was the birthplace of the biochemist Rosalind Pitt-Rivers
Rosalind Venetia Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers FRS ( Henley; 4 March 1907 – 14 January 1990) was a British biochemist. She became the second president of the European Thyroid Association in 1971; she succeeded Jean Roche and was followed by Jack Gro ...
in 1907 (as Rosalind Venetia Henley).
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