South Street, Mayfair

Ashfield, 43 South Street, Mayfair

Blue plaque to Catherine Walters, "Skittles", in South Street

South Street is a street in Mayfair, London, England. It runs west to east from Park Lane before merging into Farm Street.

Notable buildings include the private house, Aberconway House, listed for sale in 2007 by the developer and estate agent Portman Heritage at £46 million.^[1]

Historical residents include the courtesan Catherine Walters who lived there from 1872 until her death in 1920, and the future British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, born in 1903, whose childhood London home was at 28 South Street,^[2] a house built in 1902 with eighteen front windows, which his family leased from the politician and stockbroker, [[Sir Cuthbert Quilter, 1st Baronet|Sir Cuthbert Quilter] John Pierpont Morgan, (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913)[1] Who lived at 2 South Street in 1901. He was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as J.P. Morgan and Co., he was the driving force behind the wave of industrial consolidation in the United States spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[3]Prudence Ivey (14 February 2020). "Dame Barbara Cartland's former mansion: Queen of Romance's Mayfair townhouse goes on sale on Valentine's Day". Homes and Property (London Evening Standard). Retrieved 13 April 2020.</ref> It became the London home of the novelist and socialite, Barbara Cartland, from the 1930s until 1950.^[4]

External links[]

• Media related to South Street, London at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 51°30′30″N 0°09′09″W / 51.50820°N 0.15247°W / 51.50820; -0.15247

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