Old Queen Street 1
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Cross Victoria Street and head north into Storey’s Gate…
This street is named after Edward Storey, keeper of King Charles II’s birds in St James’s Park. On the corner is Westminster Central Hall, a Methodist Church and meeting place built in 1905-1911. Opposite is Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre built in 1981-1986. ///brains.acid.hotel
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Continue on to Old Queen Street, where you turn left…
Most of the fine buildings along this street date from the 1770’s, including number 9 - home of Richard Savage - Governor of the Tower of London who lived here from 1660 to 1712. Number 11 is a Grade II listed building from the period of William and Mary. ///proud.thanks.plants
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A little further on to your right are the Cockpit Steps...
...a small passageway to St James’s Park and the location of the Royal Cockpit from the 17th-century. Here royalty and the upper classes watched and gambled on cock fights. Just round the corner is the Two Chairmen Pub where sedan chairs were once hired. ///baked.begins.market
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Continue into Queen Anne’s Gate…
Note the beautiful doorways, balconies and ironwork on some of these early Georgian houses, restyled in the 1850s and 1860s. Many of the houses are listed buildings – designated architectural gems by English Heritage – and are inhabited by politicians, senior civil servants and the landed gentry.The street is named after Queen Anne 1 (1702-1714), daughter of James II and has one of the highest concentrations of Blue Plaques in London.
Sir Edward Grey, also known as Viscount Grey of Fallodon was British Foreign Secretary at the opening of the First World War and is remembered for his remark "the lamps are going out" made on the eve of war - 3 August 1914. He lived at number 3. ///frost.stump.unfair
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