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11–12 North Audley Street
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Listed building in London, England
August 2026
11–12 North Audley Street 11 and 12 North Audley Street, Mayfair, June 2023.jpg London, England 51.512877 -0.153135 type:landmark_region:GB dms inline,title 1730 Edward Shepherd yes Grade II* 11 AND 12, NORTH AUDLEY STREET W1 24 February 1958 1225300 yes Residential
11–12 North Audley Street is a Grade II* listed building on North Audley Street in Mayfair, London.11 AND 12, NORTH AUDLEY STREET W1, Non Civil Parish - 1225300 Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1225300 2026-10-01 historicengland.org.uk en
History and description
Built between 1726 and 1730, it was originally designed by Edward Shepherd alongside the development of the rest of the east side of North Audley Street. It is the only original surviving house on the street, and a short distance from Grade I listed St Mark's Mayfair built in the early 1800s.North Audley Street: Introduction British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol40/pt2/pp99-100 2026-10-01 www.british-history.ac.uk
No. 12, the larger of the two houses, originally included extensive gardens and stables.North Audley Street: East Side British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol40/pt2/pp100-109#h3-s3 2026-10-01 www.british-history.ac.uk It includes its surviving original Georgian interiors, usually attributed to Edward Lovett Pearce, which are considered among the best surviving examples of their kind in London.The London Encyclopaedia 1995 Macmillan 978-0-333-57688-5 Weinreb Ben Rev. London 551 Hibbert Christopher The interiors were done for Jean Louis Ligonier, a Huguenot refugee and later Commander-in-Chief of the Army, who lived at the house. He purchased No. 11 in 1744, combining the houses. It was occupied by the Gillow family of furniture makers from the 1790s. They installed workshops on the ground floor and operated there until a fire in 1813, with the house being let to various occupants from 1815 including architect James Hakewill.
The facades were remodelled in 1819 for Viscount Ebrington by Thomas Lee,Bradley Simon London. 6: Westminster Pevsner Nikolaus 2003 Yale University Press 978-0-300-09595-1 Pevsner Architectural Guides New Haven, CT 548-549 and by 1835 the properties had been redivided by Wright Ingle. No. 12 was extended in 1889. The redevelopment of the street in the late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a threat to the house, but both were preserved, No. 12 for its fine interior and No. 11 for its association with the former.
No. 12's upper floor has a "Chinese" bedroom decorated in the 1930s by Charles Allom for Samuel Courtauld including with work by Rex Whistler. A bathroom was also designed by Piero Malacrida de Saint-August.
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Category:Houses completed in 1730
Category:Grade II* listed houses in London
Category:Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster
Category:Buildings and structures in Mayfair
Category:Georgian architecture in London
Category:Regency architecture in London