Buildings and Companies
Great Portland Street is in both Westminster Council's Harley Street Conservation and East Marylebone Conservation Areas. The street has a commercial character with a majority of its buildings dating from the late Victorian or Edwardian period. There are four Grade II listed structures on Great Portland Street:
- 78/80 Great Portland Street, W1 - Free Flemish-Jacobean built in 1904
- 94 Great Portland Street, W1 (east side) - built late 18th Century
- 126 Great Portland Street, W1 (east side) - Free Style Queen Anne with Baroque accents built c. 1898
- Great Portland Street Underground Station, W1 - Cream faience tile faced with slate mansard roof - built 1912
Most of the remaining structures on Great Portland Street have been designated as 'Unlisted Buildings of Merit' by Westminster.
Other buildings of note:
The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, on the site of the Ami Portland Hospital for Women and Children founded in 1858, is located at 205-209 Great Portland Street.
Great Portland Street also provides examples of larger Edwardian buildings in the Marylebone Conservation Area. These include 160-180 Great Portland Street, 206 Great Portland Street and 228 Great Portland Street (The Armitage).
229 Great Portland Street is also home to (International Students House, London)
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