Thayer Street is a street in the

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district of the

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, London, that contains four listed buildings.

Location

Thayer Street runs from the junction of

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, Blandford Street and

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in the north to the junction of Hinde Street, Mandeville Place and

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in the south. It is joined by George Street on its western side and Bulstrode Street on its eastern side.

History

In 1936, the

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tried to rename the street Marylebone High Street, along with Mandeville Place and James Street so that the whole north–south route from

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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

Hinde Street Methodist Church - geograph

The West London Mission of the Methodist Church is a

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with

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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 Hinde Street Methodist Church in Hinde Street, Marylebone, London, is Listed building#Categories of listed building, Grade II listed with Historic England. It was built 1807-10 and rebuilt in the 1880s. History ;The First Chapel of 1810 Methodis ...

, 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

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