Brook Street is an axial street in the exclusive
central London district of
Mayfair. Most of it is
leasehold, paying ground rent to and seeking lease renewals from the reversioner, that since before 1800, has been the
Grosvenor Estate. Named after the
Tyburn that it crossed,[1] it was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from
Hanover Square to
Grosvenor Square. The western continuation (to
Park Lane) is called Upper Brook Street; its west end faces Brook Street Gate of
Hyde Park. Both sections consisted of neo-classical
terraced houses, mostly built to individual designs. Some of them were very ornate, finely stuccoed and tall-ceilinged, designed by well known architects for wealthy tenants, especially near Grosvenor Square, others exposed good quality brickwork or bore fewer expensive window openings and embellishments. Some of both types survive. Others have been replaced by buildings from later periods.
The French restaurant
Le Gavroche was housed on the primary floors of No.43 Upper Brook Street, before its closure in January 2024.
Former residents
Sursock family
The
Sursock family opened their first office in Europe, at No. 31, in 1858, from which they directed commercial networks, exposing land-holdings across the eastern Mediterranean to development capital of European markets (of joint-stock equity and of credit).[2]
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