A map showing the Liberty of the Savoy in light pink in about 1870. Based on the Ordnance Survey Town Plan of London (1871-76) at 1:1056 scale. Click for broader map and to enable varied magnification.
The Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens, the property of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk;[1] a dukedom (before which earldom) of medieval root. The head of the family plays a role in each coronation and each state opening of parliament. Off from its central crossroads are Arundel, Surrey and Howard Streets built after sprawling Arundel House was demolished by the earl of Arundel in 1678.[2] Under Duke of Norfolk, Surrey and Arundel are subsidiary earldoms, plus Howard is used, the surname of the family.
ANorfolk Street tube station was planned in 1902, never built.
Norfolk Street and Howard Street were demolished in the 1970s to build Arundel Great Court, or Great Arundel Court, itself demolished in the mid 2010s[3][4] – having been purchased in 2012.[5][6]
№ 10: Hastings House: hosted the Women Writers' Club from 1894.[7] From here the early literary agent A. P. Watt (1834–1914) practised.[8] By the 1900s the Middle Classes Defence Organization shared the building.[9]
Oswaldestre House
[edit]Oswaldestre House, 33–35 Norfolk Street in 1905.
№ 33 to 35: Oswaldestre House: was associated with engineering and radio technology. The name is a subsidiary title of the Dukes of Norfolk. The Engineer newspaper (est. 1856) was based there[10] and the building was also the registered address of a large number of consulting engineers, such as Henry Metcalfe Hobart. The Western Electric Company had an early radio station (2WP) on the third floor of the building in 1922.[11][12]
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