Residents and Businesses
At about 72 is the “Kingsway Hall Hotel”.
At 31, Great Queen Street lived James Basire, member of the Society of Antiquaries who took on William Blake as an apprentice in 1772. During 1837 to 1840 the painter Richard Dadd lived in Great Queen Street, while studying at the Royal Academy. Shanks and Co ran their well known coachbuilding business at 70/71 Great Queen Street from the 1850s, becoming F & R Shanks in 1860. The business moved out of Great Queen Street around 1905. The Shanks coachworks was located in 'New Yard', this land was sold to the Freemasons around 1920 to build the Freemasons' Hall.
From 1882 to 1959 the Novelty Theatre was also to be found on the street.
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