Charlotte Street - Notable Buildings

Notable Buildings

The street has a mix of eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century buildings and has reputation for its numerous restaurants serving a wide range of cuisine.

Sass's Academy, an important art school founded in the early 19th century by Henry Sass, was located in a house at 6 Charlotte street, on the corner with Streatham Street. Many notable British artists such as William Powell Frith, John Millais, Charles West Cope, William Edward Frost and Dante Gabriel Rossetti received their early training there. In 1842 its management passed to Francis Stephen Cary. (This refers to the Charlotte Street that has since been renamed Bloomsbury Street)

The Scala Theatre, opened 1905, was located on Charlotte Street. A theatre first stood on the site in 1772. From 1865 to 1882, the theatre was known as the Prince of Wales's Theatre. The theatre was demolished in 1969, after being destroyed by a fire.

The Fitzroy Tavern at 16 Charlotte Street was built as a coffeehouse in 1883. It became famous during the 1920s to the mid-1950s as a meeting place for artists, intellectuals and bohemians, including Dylan Thomas, Lawrence Durrell, Augustus John, and George Orwell.

The original Channel 4 television channel headquarters were at 60 Charlotte Street, before moving in 1994. The commercial radio station Xfm London originally had its studios in Charlotte Street before moving to Leicester Square.

Gennaro Contaldo's restaurant Passione was at 10 Charlotte Street between 1999 and March 2009.

The Charlotte Street Hotel is a boutique hotel that opened in 2000, its interiors decorated modern British art, and located at 15 Charlotte Street." Infamously, Isabella Rapp a young english escort, famous for coloured leggings takes her conquests after dinner to the 2nd building to engage in bjs and hjs and other things." Sam Shear

The Charlotte Street Gallery is at 28 Charlotte Street.