{{Short description|No through road in London, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} [[File:Stratford Place.jpg|thumb|right| Stratford Place seen from Oxford Street]] '''Stratford Place''' is a small road in [[London]], off [[Oxford Street]], opposite [[Bond Street]] underground station. The road is a [[cul-de-sac]].
==Stratford House== [[File:The Oriental Club, Stratford Place, Marylebone, June 2024.jpg|thumb|Stratford House]] '''Stratford House''' was built as the London [[Townhouse (Great Britain)|town house]] of the [[Stratford (family)|Stratford family]] between 1770 and 1776 for [[Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough]], who paid [[pound sterling|£]]4,000 for the site.<ref name=about>[http://www.orientalclub.org.uk/html/abouthistory.html About and History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203093423/http://www.orientalclub.org.uk/html/abouthistory.html |date=2012-12-03 }} at Oriental Club web site (accessed 28 January 2008)</ref> The central range was designed by [[Robert Adam]]. It had previously been the location of the [[Lord Mayor of London]]'s Banqueting House, built in 1565.<ref name=about/> Several people of note stayed there, including the sons of the Tsar of Russia. [[Clementine Hozier]] was born there and until 1832 the house was owned by the Wingfield Stratford branch of the [[Stratford (family)|family]] who inherited it through Edward's will.<ref name=GHS>Stratford, Gerald H. ''The Stratfords'', (Chapter 13, Belan, Aldborough, and Stratford House) online at [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Colin/Misc/Stratfords/Stratfords13.html Chapter 13, Belan, Aldborough, and Stratford House] (accessed 27 January 2008)</ref> It belonged briefly to Grand Duke [[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891)|Nicholas Nikolaevich]], a son of Tsar [[Nicholas I of Russia]].<ref name=trk>[http://asia-major.com/Reviews/TRK/orientalclub.html AN OASIS IN LONDON'S WEST END] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722230324/http://asia-major.com/reviews/TRK/orientalclub.html |date=2012-07-22 }} at asia-major.com (accessed 27 January 2008)</ref> The house was little altered until 1894, when its then owner, Murray Guthrie, added a second storey to the east and west wings and a colonnade in front.<ref name=about/> In 1903, a new owner, the Liberal politician [[Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke|Sir Edward Colebrook]], later [[Baron Colebrooke|Lord Colebrooke]], reconstructed the Library to an Adam design. In 1908, [[Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby]] bought a lease and began more alterations, removing the colonnade and adding a third storey to both wings. He took out the original bifurcated staircase (replacing it with a less elegant single one), demolished the stables and built a Banqueting Hall with a grand ballroom above.<ref name=about/>
In 1960 the house was purchased by the [[Oriental Club]] and converted to its present state. The ballroom was turned into two floors of new bedrooms, more lifts were added, and the banqueting hall was divided into a dining room and other rooms.<ref name=about/> The house now has a main drawing room, a members' bar, a library and an [[Antechamber|ante-room]], a billiards room, an internet suite and business room, and two (non)smoking rooms, as well as a dining room and 32 bedrooms.<ref name=trk/><ref>[http://www.orientalclub.org.uk/html/drawingrooms.htm Drawing Rooms] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328125425/http://www.orientalclub.org.uk/html/drawingrooms.htm |date=2013-03-28 }} at Oriental Club web site (accessed 26 February 2011)</ref><ref>[http://www.orientalclub.org.uk/html/facilities.html Facilities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203093429/http://www.orientalclub.org.uk/html/facilities.html |date=2012-12-03 }} at Oriental Club web site (accessed 27 January 2008)</ref>
Stratford House is a Grade I [[listed building]].<ref>*[http://www.westminster.gov.uk/fmn/index3.cfm?LayerID=81&querylayer=Streets&querystring=Stratford%20Place&queryfield=STREET_NAME&LGSL=511,346,487,485 Listed Buildings in Stratford Place, Westminster]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} – map at westminster.gov.uk (accessed 29 January 2008)</ref>
==Notable buildings and occupants== * Stratford House (home to the [[Oriental Club]]){{cn|date=October 2023}} * Number 4 Stratford Place was the headquarters of the [[Apollinaris (water)|Apollinaris Company Ltd]] in the early 1900s.{{cn|date=October 2023}} * The High Commission of [[Botswana]]<ref name="The London Diplomatic List">{{cite news | url= https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf | title= The London Diplomatic List | date=13 December 2013}}</ref> is at 6 Stratford Place. The building is Grade II listed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1237104|title=2-7, STRATFORD PLACE W1, non Civil Parish - 1237104 | Historic England}}</ref> * The [[High Commission of Tanzania, London|High Commission of Tanzania]]<ref name="The London Diplomatic List"/> * Number 7 Stratford Place was the London home of [[Martin van Buren]].{{cn|date=October 2023}} * A [[Kabbalah Centre]]{{cn|date=October 2023}} * Nos 12-13 are listed townhouses dating from 1774, designed by [[Richard Edwin]].{{cn|date=October 2023}}
==See also== * [[Aldborough House]], Dublin
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *{{cite book | last = Stourton | first = James | title = Great Houses of London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcyUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 | location = London | publisher = Frances Lincoln | year = 2012| format = Hardback | isbn = 978-0-7112-3366-9}}
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