1 Bentinck Street, Grade II listed building in City of Westminster, England
1 Bentinck Street is a Grade II listed building on the corner of Welbeck Street, in the City of Westminster in central London. It is a Georgian-style townhouse with tall sash windows and a stone facade typical of the residential streets built in this part of London in the early 19th century.
The building dates from around 1800, a time when this part of Westminster was being developed with new townhouses for a growing professional class. It was later added to the National Heritage List for England, which now protects it from structural changes.
The street sits just off Harley Street, an area long associated with private medical practices, and the building fits quietly into this professional setting. Passersby would not easily guess its protected status from the outside, as it looks much like its neighbors.
The building is in a central London neighborhood within easy walking distance of Bond Street. It is a private building viewable from the street but not open to the public.
The building was once the home of Edward Gibbon, the historian who wrote "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", one of the most widely read historical works in the English language. He lived here in the final years of his life, a fact that most people passing the facade today are unlikely to know.
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