Summary
A house, most probably designed and built to include medical consulting rooms of 1901-1904 by William Henry White, and later converted to now be consulting rooms throughout with a top flat.
Reasons for Designation
Number 101 Harley Street, London is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
History
The present building was erected in 1901-1904 to the designs of William Henry White as a house for Doctor Arthur Francis Voelcker on the site of a previous Georgian building. Harley Street had been laid out in the 1720s, but not built up until after 1752 by a series of speculative builders. Harley Street’s position as the pre-eminent address for medical practitioners was established gradually. In the early C19 the street was noted as home to lawyers and Members of Parliament, but by 1875 its position as a medical centre had become settled. Doctors no longer always visited their patients in their homes and instead the sick would come to them and this caused an adaptation to many of the houses, with waiting and consulting rooms placed on the ground floor and family accommodation above. Several of the Georgian houses in the street were rebuilt in the late C19 and early C20 and WH White was one of the architects favoured by the Howard de Walden Estate, which owns the land. White's client, Dr Voelcker, held posts at University College Hospital and Great Ormond Street as well as teaching at the Middlesex Hospital and St Luke's. The census of 1911 shows he and his wife living in the house with six children and five servants. In common with many houses in Harley Street, number 101 was converted in the later C20 to house medical consulting rooms across the ground, first and second floors and continues as such. The top two floors are now a separate flat and two basement rooms have been changed to accommodate operating theatres.
Details
A house, most probably designed and built to include medical consulting rooms of 1901-1904 by William Henry White, and later converted to now be consulting rooms throughout with a top flat.
Sources
Books and journals Websites http://www.hharp.org/library/gosh/doctors/arthur-francis-voelcker.html https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/survey-of-london/2017/10/13/harley-street/
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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