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'''Great College Street''' is a street in ], London. The street's proximity to the ] has made it a popular choice for politicians looking for homes within ] ] area; the most notable being No.17, Great College Street, which was home to ] at the start of the 20th century and to ] at its end. '''Great College Street''' is a street in ], London. The street was first laid out in the 1720s but it has seen many alterations and much rebuilding in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Its proximity to the ] has made it a popular choice for politicians looking for homes within ] ] area; the most notable being No.17, Great College Street, which was home to ] at the start of the 20th century and to ] at its end.


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Street in the City of Westminster, in Central London

Great College Street
A view west along Great College Street to Dean's Yard and Tufton Street
Great College Street is located in City of WestminsterGreat College StreetLocation within Central London
Maintained byTransport for London
LocationCentral London, Westminster, London
Postal codeSW1
Nearest Tube station
Coordinates51°29′51″N 0°07′39″W / 51.4976°N 0.1274°W / 51.4976; -0.1274
East endMillbank
West endTufton Street

Great College Street is a street in Westminster, London. The street was first laid out in the 1720s but it has seen many alterations and much rebuilding in the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Its proximity to the Palace of Westminster has made it a popular choice for politicians looking for homes within Parliament's Division bell area; the most notable being No.17, Great College Street, which was home to Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner at the start of the 20th century and to Margaret Thatcher at its end.

Location

Great College Street runs in a dog-leg from Millbank in the east to Tufton Street in the west. To the north it is bordered firstly by College Green, a public space frequently used for political interviews, and then by College Garden, a private garden belonging to Westminster Abbey. The north side of the street along this length is fronted by a rubble stone wall. The street terminates at its western end with a left-hand junction into Tufton Street. To the right is an entrance into Dean's Yard.

History and description

These narrow houses, three or four storeys high - one for eating, one for sleeping, a third for company, a fourth underground for the kitchen, a fifth perhaps at the top for servants - give the idea of a cage with its sticks and birds

Louis Simond - Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain (1817)

The original houses on the street date from the early Georgian era, being laid out c.1720. Their plans follow what John Summerson called "the insistent verticality of the London house" . There are many later insertions, mainly of the later 19th and 20th centuries.

Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner, in the 2003 revised London 6: Westminster in the Buildings of England series, describe Great College Street as, "charming with an atmosphere like a cathedral close".

The street's proximity to the Palace of Westminster has made it a popular choice for politicians looking for homes. In the early 20th century Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, and Alfred Lyttelton all had homes there. The most notable "political" house is No.17. Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner lived there during World War I and conducted negotiations at the house with Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, who lived over the wall opposite in No.2 Abbey Gardens, when Lloyd George was seeking to entice Milner to join his coalition government after the fall of H. H. Asquith. At the end of the 20th century, No.17 was home to Lord McAlpine, the Tory Party treasurer and the scene of much intrigue as the party began its descent into civil war over the question of the UK's relations with Europe. On the fall of Margaret Thatcher in November 1990 No.17 was lent, at her suggestion, to John Major, who ran his successful campaign to replace her as Tory leader from the house. Thatcher then stayed at the house for some months after her resignation. As a sign of the increasingly fractious nature of her relations, and those of her allies including McAlpine, with Major, No.17 was later used as the headquarters of the Tory rebels who sought to bring down Major's government over disagreements on the Maastricht Treaty.

Buildings, occupants and listing designations

Gallery

  • Millbank House by W. D. Caröe which incorporates No.3 Great College Street Millbank House by W. D. Caröe which incorporates No.3 Great College Street
  • No10, Fielden House, on the corner with Little College Street No10, Fielden House, on the corner with Little College Street
  • No.19 on the corner with Barton Street. No.17 is two houses to the left No.19 on the corner with Barton Street. No.17 is two houses to the left
  • The medieval wall along the north side of the street which encloses College Garden The medieval wall along the north side of the street which encloses College Garden

Notes

  1. Bradley and Pevsner date the wall to 1374-76.
  2. As at October 2024 No.17 was for sale.

References

  1. ^ Bradley & Pevsner 2003, pp. 700–701.
  2. ^ Summerson 1978, p. 67.
  3. Lockwood 1964, p. 128.
  4. Torode, John (28 March 1993). "Mr Major's house of horror: Welcome to the nerve centre of anti-Maastricht operations". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  5. Moore, Charles (27 September 2019). "Margaret Thatcher biography: From the highest office in the land to no office or suitable home to call her own". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. Torode, John (28 March 1993). "Mr Major's house of horror: Welcome to the nerve centre of anti-Maastricht operations". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. Davies, Martha. "Margaret Thatcher's Westminster Home Is Up For Sale". Country and Town House. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. Historic England. "No.1 and No.2 Millbank, The Church Commissioners (including No.3 Great College Street, No.2 Great Peter Street and No.S 5 and 7 Little College Street) (Grade II*) (1217989)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  9. Historic England. "No.16, Great College Street (Grade II*) (1213336)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. Historic England. "No.17 and No.18, Great College Street (Grade II*) (1357039)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  11. Torode, John (28 March 1993). "Mr Major's house of horror: Welcome to the nerve centre of anti-Maastricht operations". The Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  12. Historic England. "No.22, Great College Street (including St Edward's Chapel, Tufton Street) (Grade II) (1066768)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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