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Bulstrode Place
Bulstrode Place is a quiet cul-de-sac in the eastern part of Marylebone, running off Marylebone Lane and sitting within the Howard de Walden Estate. Its W1U postcode places it in central Marylebone Village, steps from the high street and the warren of lanes that give this part of the neighbourhood its distinct character.
The name connects to Bulstrode Park in Buckinghamshire, which was associated with the Dukes of Portland. The second Duke of Portland married Margaret Cavendish, heiress of Edward Harley, through whose family the land in this part of Marylebone passed. That Harley connection explains why the immediately surrounding streets, including Harley Street itself, carry names drawn from the same network of aristocratic landholdings. The origins of Bulstrode Place lie in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century development of the Howard de Walden Estate, which laid out its grid of main streets and mews during that period.
The place as it stands today is a modern mews redevelopment, rebuilt on the footprint of the original service lane. It functions as a residential enclave rather than a through-route, with access solely from Marylebone Lane. The scale is intimate: a handful of properties set back from the noise of the surrounding streets. That physical quietness distinguishes it from the grander medical corridor running north to south along Harley Street, which lies only a short distance to the east.
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