Shepherd Market
(local authority since 1965) | |
| Type | Garden square |
|---|---|
| Length | 110 ft (34 m) larger, eastern square, which flanks a café/restaurant/hairdresser/boutique/small business lined, non-parking cul-de-sac/deliveries road. |
| Width | 445 feet (136 m) |
| Area | Mayfair |
| Location | London |
| Postal code | W1 |
| Nearest metro station | Green Park tube station |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | 1735 |
| Completion | 1736 |
| Other | |
| Status | west end of the north side: large building: Grade I listed |
Shepherd Market is a small precinct in Mayfair, in the West End of London. Its two business-lined squares are between Piccadilly and Curzon Street; it has a village-like atmosphere. It was built up between 1735 and 1746 by Edward Shepherd on the open ground then used for the annual fair from which Mayfair derives its name. In the 1920s, it hosted leading writers and artists such as Anthony Powell, Michael Arlen and Sophie Fedorovitch. It was associated with upmarket prostitutes until at least the 1980s. Jeffrey Archer met Monica Coghlan there in the 1980s.