For the recruitment agency, see Brook Street Bureau plc

Houses of Jimi Hendrix and George Frideric Handel

Brook Street is one of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. Brook Street Bureau plc is a UK public listed company which runs Employment agencies. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter The Grosvenor Group is a property company which is privately owned by the Duke of Westminster. The term Central London refers to the districts of London England which are considered closest to the centre Mayfair is an area of central London, England, within the City of Westminster. It was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. Hanover Square London, is a square in Mayfair, London W1 England, situated to the south west of Oxford Circus, the major Grosvenor Square (pronounced "Grove-ner Square" is a large garden square in the exclusive Mayfair district of London, England. The continuation from Grosvenor Square to Park Lane is called Upper Brook Street. Both sections originally consisted of typical London terraced houses, mostly built to individual designs. In Architecture and City planning, a terrace(d or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to Patio houses Some of them are quite grand and were designed by well known architects for aristocratic clients, especially near Grosvenor Square, while others are more modest. Some of the original houses survive while others have been replaced by buildings from a variety of periods.

Features of the street include the grand hotel Claridge's, at the junction with Davies Street, and Le Gavroche, a famous restaurant. Claridge's is a luxury hotel in Mayfair, central London. It is located at the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street Le Gavroche is a Restaurant on 43 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair ( London England) The United States Embassy, which abuts Upper Brook Street and Grosvenor Square, has necessitated security arrangements which impede free access to the former. The Embassy of the United States of America to the Court of St James's is situated at the American Embassy London Chancery Building in Grosvenor Square, The Handel House Museum is also in Brook Street. The Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street, in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair was the home of the German born baroque A curiosity is the placing of two blue plaques on adjoining houses, numbers 23 and 25, both for famous musicians. In the United Kingdom, a blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event

Westward view from the east end of Brook Street, close to Hanover Square.

Former residents:

• 23 Brook Street: Jimi Hendrix — guitarist
• 25 Brook Street: Georg Frideric Handel — composer - now the Handel House Museum
• 39 Brook Street: Sir Jeffry Wyatville — architect
• 74 Brook Street: Sir William Withey Gull - physician (Jack the Ripper suspect)
• 76 Brook Street: Colen Campbell — architect
• 22 Upper Brook Street: Leo Bonn — founder of what is now the Royal National Institute for Deaf People. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter The Handel House Museum at 25 Brook Street, in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair was the home of the German born baroque Sir Jeffry Wyattville ( 3 August 1766 – 18 February 1840) was an English Architect and Garden designer. Sir William Withey Gull 1st Baronet ( December 31, 1816 – January 29, 1890) was an English Physician. Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified Serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London Colen Campbell (1676–1729 was a pioneering Scottish architect who spent most of his career in England, and is credited as a founder of the Georgian style RNID is the largest charity working to change the world for the UK's 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people
• 51 Upper Brook Street: George Seferis — Greek Ambassador, poet and Nobel Laureate

External links

• Brook Street, Mayfair London
• Map
• Brook Street — detailed architectural history of Brook Street from the Survey of London
• Upper Brook Street — detailed architectural history of Upper Brook Street from the Survey of London

Jimi Hendrix, 23 Brook Street

George Frideric Handel, 25 Brook Street

Colen Campbell, 76 Brook Street