9 Nevill Street

About the building

Listed building Grade II No: 2449

Grade II listed on 1 November 1974 see www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk

This was probably the coachman’s or butler’s house for No 7. See the description of the premises under No 5,7,9.

Iron Gate to the walled garden. There is a terrace at the bottom of the garden, with an archway underneath it to”7 Coners Lane”. The garden overlooks what was once Lewis’ Iron Foundry, also to Dover’s the printers, and Price’s Yard which was once tennis courts. This was the land on which the former Catholic Church, then Dover’s the Printers, stood.

Recent history

2025 April To rear of No 9: Two bedroom Coach House for Sale.  Ground floor 3 garages.  First Floor 2 bedroom Flat.  Includes Hayloft [Source: Christies Estate Agents brochure viewed 15/3/2025]

2013 February 2025 April [Still in situ] Pink Angels Office Services [ 2013 date Source: Pink Angels Ltd change of address Companies House filings.  2025 source:  Walk past 15/4/2025]

Also on same site: Kirsty @ Headroom from April 2024.  As at 2025 April: Not here [Source: Walk past 15/4/2025]

Also on same site: Black Mountain Therapy, clinical reflexology  – May 2024 – poster over the nameplate of this business.  As at 2025 April: Not here [Source: Walk past 15/4/2025]

Also on same site:  hgwellbeing.co.uk  Medical Health Practitioner.  As at 2025 April: Not here [walk past 15/4/2025]

1988 – 2006: Standby Secretarial Services, typing agency.

1979: King, Mason & Morley & Proud, Accountants, Liverpool & Victoria Insurance. Owned by Major Gerald Aubrey Hill of the Knoll.

1957 to 1964: Leicester Temperance Building Society (White Williams – Agents)

Previous occupiers

Other information

For details of deeds for 5, 7 and 9 Nevill Street click  * here *

The Misses Mary, Helen & Decima Pritchard who ran a Ladies School in 1862-1871 had moved to 17 Nevill Street by 1875.

The garden at the back of No 5,7, & 9 Nevill Street and the yard were occupied as follows (source Deeds):

1810: formerly in the occupation of Mr John Andrews (ironmonger who occupied 17 Frogmore Street, in will of James Price) Maltster, deceased & ……Grafton , Catholic Priest and his undertenants.

1834: The Catholic Chapel is maked here in the 1834 Wood’s Map.

1884: At the back, William Davies, butcher (and a passage to this property),the lower floor by Thomas McGrath, tailor, the upper floor occupied by the Misses Saville and Malcolm with no 7.

1889: easement for no 11 to drain their WC and sink into land through the archway and the cellar of no 9 to the main sewer.

1930: mentions a garden and shed at the rear of St Michael’s Hall.

1931: John Harrison Hall, butcher

1931: George William Dover bought the garden, ground and premises, known as the Priest’s Garden, with buildings and shed at the rear of St Michael’s Hall and right of way through the archway and along the lane or path from Frogmore Street to Baker Street.

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