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Pall Mall is a street in the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, situated in SW1
London SW1

SW1 is a UK postcodes in the SW postcode area of London, England....
 and parallel to The Mall
The Mall (London)

The Mall in London is the road running from Buckingham Palace at its western end to Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square at its eastern end, where it crosses Spring Gardens, which was where the Metropolitan Board of Works and, for a number of years, the London County Council were based....
, from St. James's Street across Waterloo Place to the Haymarket
The Haymarket

Haymarket is a street in the St. James's of the City of Westminster, a London Borough. It runs from Piccadilly Circus at the north to Pall Mall, London at the south....
; while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction; its trademark is Nelson's Column which stands in the centre and the four lion statues that guard the column....
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A View of St James Palace, Pall Mall Etc By Thomas Bowles, Published 1763
Pall Mall is a street in the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, situated in SW1
London SW1

SW1 is a UK postcodes in the SW postcode area of London, England....
 and parallel to The Mall
The Mall (London)

The Mall in London is the road running from Buckingham Palace at its western end to Admiralty Arch and on to Trafalgar Square at its eastern end, where it crosses Spring Gardens, which was where the Metropolitan Board of Works and, for a number of years, the London County Council were based....
, from St. James's Street across Waterloo Place to the Haymarket
The Haymarket

Haymarket is a street in the St. James's of the City of Westminster, a London Borough. It runs from Piccadilly Circus at the north to Pall Mall, London at the south....
; while Pall Mall East continues into Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London, it is a tourist attraction; its trademark is Nelson's Column which stands in the centre and the four lion statues that guard the column....
. The street is a major thoroughfare in the St James's area of London, and a section of the regional A4 road.

Pall Mall is best known for being the home to various gentlemen's clubs built in the 19th century and early 20th centuries. These include the Athenaeum
Athenaeum Club

Athenaeum Club may refer to:*Athenaeum Club, London, a private gentlemen's club situated in London, England.*Athenaeum Club, Melbourne, a private gentlemen's club situated in Melbourne, Australia....
, Travellers Club
Travellers Club

The Travellers Club is a gentlemen's club standing at 106 Pall Mall, London, London. It is the oldest of the surviving Pall Mall clubs, having been established in 1819, and was recently described by the Los Angeles Times as "the quintessential English gentleman's club"....
, Army and Navy Club
Army and Navy Club

The Army and Navy Club in London is a gentlemen's club founded in 1837, also known informally as The Rag.Foundation and membership...
, Reform Club
Reform Club

The Reform Club is a gentlemen's club on the south side of Pall Mall, London , in central London. Originally for men only, it has admitted women since 1981....
, United Services Club (now occupied by the Institute of Directors
Institute of Directors

The Institute of Directors is a United Kingdom-based organisation, incorporated by royal charter in 1903 to support, represent and set standards for board of directors....
), Oxford and Cambridge Club
Oxford and Cambridge Club

The Oxford and Cambridge Club is at 71 Pall Mall, London, London, England. The clubhouse was designed for the membership by architect Sir Robert Smirke and completed towards the end of 1837....
 and Royal Automobile Club
Royal Automobile Club

The Royal Automobile Club is a private club and is not to be confused with RAC plc, a motorists' organisation, which it formerly owned.It has two club houses, one in London at 89-91 Pall Mall, London, and the other in the countryside at Woodcote Park, Surrey, next to the City of London Freemen's School....
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It was also once the centre of the fine art scene in London; in 1814 the Royal Academy
Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. As an academy, it functions to encourage British art, and has a membership of practising artists....
, the National Gallery
National Gallery, London

The National Gallery in London, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square....
 and Christie's
Christie's

Christie's is a leading art business and a fine arts auction house....
 auction house were all here, but none of them stayed for long.

National Gallery At 100 Pall Mall
The freehold of nearly all of the southern side of the Pall Mall has belonged to the crown for several hundred years, and is still owned by the Crown Estate
Crown Estate

In the United Kingdom, the Crown Estate is a property financial portfolio associated with the British monarchy, that belongs to the reigning monarch ....
. St. James's Palace
St. James's Palace

St. James's Palace is one of London's oldest palaces. It is situated on Pall Mall, London in London, just north of St. James's Park....
 is on the south side of the street at the western end. Marlborough House
Marlborough House

Marlborough House is a mansion in Westminster, London, in Pall Mall, London just east of St James's Palace. It was built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Anne of Great Britain....
, which was once a royal residence, is next to it to the east, opening off of a courtyard just to the south of the street. The Prince Regent's
George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV was the king of Kingdom of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III of the United Kingdom, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later....
 Carlton House
Carlton House

Carlton House was a mansion in London, best known as the town residence of the Prince Regent for several decades from 1783. It faced the south side of Pall Mall, London, and its gardens abutted St....
 once stood at the eastern end of the street. Pall Mall was also once the home of the War Office
War Office

The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence ....
, with which it became synonymous (just as Whitehall
Whitehall

Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I of England, which is often regarded as the heart of London....
 refers to the administrative centre of the UK government). The War Office was based in a complex of buildings based on the ducal mansion of Cumberland House
Cumberland House

Cumberland House was a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall in London, England. It was built in the 1760s by Matthew Brettingham for Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany and was originally called York House....
 which was designed by Matthew Brettingham
Matthew Brettingham

Matthew Brettingham , sometimes called Matthew Brettingham the Elder, was an 18th-century England who rose from humble origins to supervise the construction of Holkham Hall, and eventually became one of the country's better-known architects of his generation....
 and Robert Adam
Robert Adam

Robert Adam was a Scotland neoclassicism architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him....
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There were at least two other architecturally important ducal residences in the street, Schomberg House
Schomberg House

Schomberg House is a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall, London in central London which has a colourful history. Only the street facade survives today....
, and Buckingham House, the London residence of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos which was rebuilt for them by Sir John Soane
John Soane

Sir John Soane was an England architect who specialised in the Neoclassical architecture style. His architectural works are distinguished by their clean lines, massing of simple form, decisive detailing, careful proportions and skilful use of light sources....
 (not to be confused with the Buckingham House which became Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction....
).

The former branch of the Midland Bank
Midland Bank

Midland Bank was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century. It is now part of HSBC. The bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836....
 in Pall Mall was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens
Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, Order of Merit , Order of the Indian Empire, Royal Academy, Royal Institute of British Architects, LLD was a leading 20th century British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era....
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Trivia

London Pall Mall
*The name of the street is derived from "pall mall
Pall mall (game)

Pall mall or palle maille was a game played in the 16th and 17th centuries, and a precursor to croquet. The name comes from the Italian language pallamaglio, which literally means "mallet-ball"....
" a mallet-and-ball game that was played there during the 17th century.
  • The first public street lighting with gas
    Gas lighting

    Gas lighting refers to a technology used to produce lighting from a gaseous fuel including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, or ethylene....
     was installed on Pall Mall in January 1807.
  • In the London version of Monopoly
    Monopoly (game)

    Monopoly is a board game published by Parker Brothers, a subsidiary of Hasbro. Players compete to acquire wealth through stylized economics activity involving the buying, renting, and trading of property using play money, as players take turns moving around the board according to the roll of the dice....
    , Pall Mall is a property in the pink set (along with Whitehall
    Whitehall

    Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional Charing Cross, now at the southern end of Trafalgar Square and marked by the statue of Charles I of England, which is often regarded as the heart of London....
     and Northumberland Avenue
    Northumberland Avenue

    Northumberland Avenue is a London street, running from Trafalgar Square in the west to The Thames Embankment in the east. The avenue was built on the site of Northumberland House, the London home of the Percy family, the Duke of Northumberland....
    ) and is worth £
    Pound sterling

    ----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
    140.
  • The fictional Diogenes Club
    The Diogenes Club

    The Diogenes Club is a fictional gentleman's club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories, most notably "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter"....
     is located in Pall Mall.


See also

  • Schomberg House
    Schomberg House

    Schomberg House is a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall, London in central London which has a colourful history. Only the street facade survives today....
  • List of London's gentlemen's clubs
    List of London's gentlemen's clubs

    This is a list of gentlemen's clubs in London, England, including those no longer functioning and some which are fictional....


External links

  • - see also for the Survey of London
    Survey of London

    The Survey of London is a research project to produce a comprehensive historical and architectural survey of the former County of London. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Robert Ashbee, an Arts and Crafts movement architect and social thinker, and was motivated by a desire to record and preserve London's ancient monuments....
    s chapters on each of the principal buildings in the street, and for its diagrams showing the north and south sides in 1814 and the south side in 1960.
  • (including photographs)