Dover Street
View of Dover Street looking northwards towards Grafton Street
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| Length | 0.1 mi (0.2 km) |
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| Location | Mayfair, London |
| Postal code | W1S |
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Piccadilly 51°30′27″N 0°08′29″W / 51.5075°N 0.1414°W |
| north end | Grafton Street 51°30′33″N 0°08′35″W / 51.5093°N 0.1431°W |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | 1683 |
Coordinates: 51°30′32″N 0°08′34″W / 51.50889°N 0.14278°W
Dover Street is a street in Mayfair, London. The street is notable for its Georgian architecture as well as the location of historic London clubs and hotels, which have been frequented by world leaders and historic figures in the arts. It also hosts a number of contemporary art galleries. An equestrian sculpture by Elisabeth Frink stands on the junction of Dover Street and Piccadilly, opposite the Ritz Hotel.
The street lies in the south of Mayfair in the West End. To the south-east, the street adjoins the major thoroughfare of Piccadilly. To the north-west, it continues as Grafton Street. To the north-east is Albemarle Street, running parallel with Dover Street and the location of the Royal Institution. South-west is Berkeley Street (adjoining Berkeley Square to the north), also running in parallel.
The nearest tube station is Green Park.
Dover Street was built by a syndicate of developers headed by Sir Thomas Bond. The syndicate purchased a Piccadilly mansion called Clarendon House from Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle in 1683 and proceeded to demolish the house and develop the area. At that time the house backed onto open fields and the development of the various estates in Mayfair was just getting underway. The syndicate also built Bond Street and Albemarle Street. Anne Lister (1791–1840), a notable Victorian thespian, liked to stay at Hawkins, 26 Dover Street. In June 1797 John Nash moved into 28 Dover Street a building of his own design, he built an even bigger house next door at 29 into which he moved the following year.Edward Moxon moved from premises he had established in 1830 in New Bond Street to 44 Dover Street. He published Wordsworth from 1835 onwards and in 1839 issued the first complete edition of Shelley's poems. In 1841, he was found guilty of blasphemy for passages in Shelley's Queen Mab.
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