Shepherd Market
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Shepherd Market is a small precinct in Mayfair, in the West End of London. Featuring two business-lined square, it is between Piccadilly and Curzon Street and has a village-like atmosphere.[1] It was built up between 1735 and 1746 by Edward Shepherd on the open ground then used for the annual fair from which Mayfair derives its name. In the 1920s, it hosted leading writers and artists such as Anthony Powell, Michael Arlen and Sophie Fedorovitch. It was associated with upmarket prostitutes until at least the 1980s.[2] Jeffrey Archer met Monica Coghlan[lower-alpha 1] there in the 1980s.[1]
Quick Facts Type, Length ...
Type | Garden square |
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Length | 110 ft (34 m) larger, eastern square, which flanks a café/restaurant/hairdresser/boutique/small business lined, non-parking cul-de-sac/deliveries road. |
Width | 445 feet (136 m) |
Area | Mayfair |
Location | London |
Postal code | W1 |
Nearest metro station | Green Park tube station |
Construction | |
Construction start | 1735 |
Completion | 1736 |
Other | |
Status | west end of the north side: large building: Grade I listed |
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