Harley Street Medical Area brochure 2015

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To most British people, Harley Street is far more than just a street name. Thanks to its rich heritage as a centre of medical excellence, a heritage that stretches back to the 19th century, these words have entered the common parlance, becoming a synonym for high quality private medicine. To us, Harley Street means medicine in the same way that Downing Street means politics and Savile Row means suits. And that association is perhaps as valid now as it has ever been.

There are a number of streets, of which Harley Street is the main artery, within the tight Georgian grid, right in the heart of London, that makes up the Harley Street Medical Area. This enclave, hugely central in its location but tucked away in the quiet confines of Marylebone, is home to hundreds of independent practitioners, small clinics and full scale hospitals, covering just about every possible medical specialism and related profession. Under the careful stewardship of the area’s landlord, the Howard de Walden Estate, this area has embraced its reputation for offering the very highest levels of medical care and expertise and remains unequalled in the UK in the sheer variety of services it offers. Behind those beautiful 18th century façades can be found genuinely 21st century medical practices, complete with cutting edge equipment and state of the art facilities.

Patients from all over the world are being drawn to Harley Street, partly through the fame of its name, partly through the reputation of its practitioners and partly through the accessibility and lifestyle benefits of its Marylebone setting. The very best medical practitioners are drawn here too.

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OF ALL THE MANY FACETS THAT MAKE THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA AN APPEALING PLACE TO BASE A CLINIC, ITS LOCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING

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THE AREA’S RESTAURANTS RANGE FROM FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD CAFES TO HIGH END, MICHELIN-STARRED ESTABLISHMENTS, REPRESENTING A VAST ARRAY OF DIFFERENT CUISINES AND PRICES

Of all the many facets that make the Harley Street Medical Area an appealing place to base a clinic, its location is one of the most compelling. London is one of the world’s most modern, prosperous and well-connected cities, and Harley Street sits right at its heart—within easy reach of several international airports, the St Pancras Eurostar terminal, numerous mainline stations and the city’s vast public transport network. There are few places in the UK—or indeed the world—that are quite so easily accessible to patients, wherever they might live. But despite being so central, just minutes from the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street, the Harley Street Medical Area sits within an oasis of relative tranquillity—an area known as Marylebone Village. Carefully nurtured by the Howard de Walden Estate, Marylebone Village is—as the name

suggests—an attractive and welcoming neighbourhood, offering practitioners, patients, carers and families a quality of life unrivalled in most major cities. Blessed with beautiful Georgian architecture, including buildings designed by the Adam brothers and John Nash, Marylebone sits on a simple grid of wide streets, making it easy to navigate. The area around Marylebone High Street, which runs parallel to Harley Street, is one of London’s most varied and distinctive retail districts, populated by small, independent shops and boutiques. The area’s restaurants range from friendly neighbourhood cafes to high end, Michelin-starred establishments, representing a vast array of different cuisines and prices. For visitors requiring accommodation, either short term or long term, the hotel options within walking distance of Harley Street are similarly diverse,

with small, independent guest houses, attractive boutique hotels, apartment hotels and famous five-star institutions such as the Langham and the Landmark. For anyone requiring fresh air, exercise or a peaceful escape, the Harley Street Medical Area is moments away from Regent’s Park, with its gardens, sports facilities and wide expanses of unspoiled greenery. Paddington Street Gardens, just behind Marylebone High Street, offers a similarly pleasant place to unwind in the sunshine. The area is also privileged to have an array of cultural attractions—from the chamber music of Wigmore Hall to the art of the Wallace Collection. Whether you’re working as a health professional or visiting as a patient, the Harley Street Medical Area has everything needed to make sure time spent here is as pleasant and stress free as possible.

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AS WELL AS BEING HOME TO THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA, MARYLEBONE IS A MAJOR RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE AND RETAIL DESTINATION, MEANING THAT CLINICIANS AND PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF SHOPS, PARKS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES

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BLESSED WITH BEAUTIFUL 18TH CENTURY TOWNHOUSES, CHARMING MEWS BUILDINGS AND SYMPATHETIC CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, ALL LAID OUT ON AN ELEGANT GRID OF TREE-LINED STREETS, MARYLEBONE IS AN ATTRACTIVE AND HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE LOCATION TO BASE A CLINIC


THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA IS ONLY: 16KM FROM CITY AIRPORT28KM FROM HEATHROW AIRPORT 48KM FROM GATWICK AIRPORT 52KM FROM LUTON AIRPORT 60KM FROM STANSTED AIRPORT CLOSE TO LONDON’S FAMOUS LANDMARKS: 3KM FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE3KM FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE4KM FROM THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL5KM FROM THE HOUSES OF PARLIMENT11KM FROM CANARY WHARF15KM FROM KEW GARDENS 16KM FROM THE O2

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THE CENTRALITY OF THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA MAKES IT HUGELY ACCESSIBLE LESS THAN 2.5KM FROM EIGHT MAINLINE STATIONS:MARYLEBONEEUSTONST PANCRAS INTERNATIONAL (EUROSTAR)KING’S CROSSPADDINGTON (HEATHROW EXPRESS /CROSSRAIL 2018)BOND STREET (CROSSRAIL 2018)VICTORIA (GATWICK EXPRESS)CHARING CROSSLESS THAN 1KM FROM FIVE LONDON UNDERGROUND STATIONS: REGENT’S PARKGREAT PORTLAND STREETOXFORD CIRCUSBOND STREET BAKER STREET

Warren Street

Euston Square

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King’s Cross

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Camden Town

Camden Road

Chalk Farm

St John’s Wood

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Regent’s Park

Goodge Street

TottenhamCourt Road(Crossrail 2018)

Leicester Square

Piccadilly Circus

Green Park

Hyde Park Corner

Oxford Circus

Bond Street(Crossrail 2018)

Marble Arch

Edgware Road

Baker StreetMarylebone

Paddington(Heathrow Express/Crossrail 2018)

Lancaster Gate

Swiss Cottage

Charing Cross

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Knightsbridge

Victoria (Gatwick Express)

Sloane Square

Pimlico

St. James’s Park

Westminster

Vauxhall

SouthKensington

GloucesterRoad

Maida Vale

Warwick Avenue

Belsize Park

Finchley Road

Hampstead Heath

Hampstead

Gospel Oak

Kentish Town

Tufnell Park

REGENT’S PARK

GREEN PARKST JAMES PARK

HYDE PARK

PRIMROSE HILL

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The Associationof AnaesthetistsRoyal College

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The Royal Societyof Medicine (RSM) Royal College

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The LondonClinicThe London Clinic

Cancer Centre

The London ClinicConsulting Rooms

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The Harley StreetClinic ConsultingRooms

The Harley StreetClinic ImagingCentre

Academy ofMedical Sciences

British DentalAssociation

Medical Societyof London

The WallaceCollection

LondonMedical

Isokinetic

AllianceMedical

The LondonEye Hospital

TheKing’sFund

Queen AnneStreetMedical

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The LondonCavendish Clinic

Fortius Clinic

LondonOrthopaedicClinic

Optegra

The Royal BromptonDoctors Laboratory

NuadaMedical Group

The PortlandHospital

Royal NationalOrthopaedicHospital

Princess GraceHospital

DevonshireHospital

The HeartHospital

King Edward VIIHospital for Officers

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CHANDOS STREET

WIGMORE STREET

GEORGE STREET

BLANDFORD STREET

BENTINCK STREET

WELBECK STREET

MANCHESTER STREET

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GREAT PORTLAND STREET

MANSFIELD STREET

QUEEN ANNE STREET

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MARYLEBONE LANE

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ORCHARD STREET

BAKER STREET

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MARYLEBONE ROAD

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HARLEY STREET

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The Howardde Walden Estatehead office

Chandos House

University ofWestminster

The WallaceCollection

BBC

Royal Institute ofBritish Architects (RIBA)

Wigmore Hall

Royal Academy of Music

Selfridges

AND IN THE MIDDLE OF: A DIVERSE RANGE OF HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, SHOPS, PARKS AND INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS HUNDREDS OF OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, COVERING JUST ABOUT EVERY CONCEIVABLE MEDICAL SPECIALISM

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When the medical area centred upon Harley Street first exploded into existence in the 19th century, swelling from six doctors in 1840 to well over a thousand less than a century later, it wasn’t the name that drew these pioneering practitioners to Marylebone—it was the presence of other practitioners. And while there are now many other lifestyle and accessibility benefits that have helped cement the area’s suitability for health professionals, that sense of a coherent community—a network of individuals and institutions whose presence is of clear mutual benefit—remains a major draw. In all, the Harley Street Medical Area boasts a vast number of clinicians, covering just about every conceivable medical specialism, as well as dentistry, psychiatry and a whole host of other related sectors. This means that if a

patient needs referring to a different specialist, or if a further opinion is required, this can often be found in the immediate vicinity. There are also several highly regarded and well-equipped hospitals in the area—the London Clinic, the Princess Grace, the King Edward VII, the Harley Street Clinic—meaning that patients are able to gain access to sophisticated diagnostic imaging services, pathology labs, laboratories and therapeutic procedures. These hospitals have the facilities to offer, for example, MRI scans, CT scans, fluoroscopy, nuclear medicine and interventional radiology, as well as a wide range of surgical procedures. With so many clinics and hospitals in the area, other related services have been drawn to Marylebone over the years, extending these local networks still further. Physiotherapists, masseurs,

fitness trainers, nutritionists and pharmacists, for example, are all close at hand to provide their expertise when required. The presence of so many doctors has inspired a large number of important medical societies and institutes to set up their headquarters in Marylebone, including the Royal Society of Medicine, the Royal College of Nursing, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the British Dental Association. Their presence provides the area’s health professionals with easy access to research, opportunities to extend their learning through lectures and forums, and a chance to meet and socialise with one other—another important facilitator in the sharing of knowledge and expertise that makes the Harley Street Medical Area such a rewarding and attractive place for a health professional to work.

FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, A NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS WHOSE PRESENCE IS OF CLEAR MUTUAL BENEFIT REMAINS A MAJOR DRAW

COMMUNITYWHY THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY SPECIALISTSAND HOSPITALS MAKES THE HARLEY STREEY MEDICAL AREA SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO PRACTICE

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FROM HEAD TO TOE SOME OF THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA’S VAST ARRAY OF SPECIALISMS

ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY MEDICINE, ACUPUNCTURE, ALLERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, ANAESTHESIA, ANDROLOGY, AUDIOLOGY, AUDIOVESTIBULAR MEDICINE, BACK ORTHOPAEDICS, BARIATRIC SURGERY, BONE DENSITOMETRY, BONE TUMOURS, BREAST SURGERY, CANCER OF HEAD & NECK, CARDIOLOGY, CARDIAC RADIOLOGY, CARDIAC REHABILITATION, CARDIAC SURGERY,

CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHESIA & SURGERY, CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES, CERVICAL SCREENING, CHEST PAIN CLINICS, CHILD PROTECTION, CHILDREN’S ORTHOPAEDICS, CHILD PSYCHIATRY, CHIROPODY, COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, COLORECTAL SURGERY, CONSERVATION DENTISTRY, CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY, CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY, CONNECTIVE TISSUE MEDICINE, CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, CRITICAL CARE, CT SCANNING, CYTOPATHOLOGY, DENTAL HYGIENE,

DENTAL IMPLANTS, DENTAL LABORATORIES, DENTAL RADIOLOGY, DENTAL SURGERY, DERMATOLOGY, DIABETES, DIGITAL BREAST IMAGING, ENDOCRINOLOGY, ENT SURGERY, FETAL MEDICINE, FLUOROSCOPY, GASTRIC SURGERY, GASTROENTEROLOGY AND ENDOSCOPY, GENERAL DENTISTRY, GENERAL PRACTICE, GENETIC ONCOLOGY, GENITOURINARY AND HIV MEDICINE, GERIATRICS, GROIN & HERNIA SURGERY, GYNAECOLOGY,

HAEMATOLOGY, HAIR TRANSPLANTATION, HAND & ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, HAND SURGERY, HEAD & NECK SURGERY, HEPATOBILIARY, HEPATOPANCREATOBILIARY SURGERY, HIGH ALTITUDE SPECIALISTS, HISTOPATHOLOGY, HYPERTENSION, HYPNOTHERAPY, IMMUNOLOGY, INFECTIOUS & TROPICAL DISEASES, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY, IVF, JOINT PAIN, KNEE SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, LUNG CANCER, MANDIBULAR SURGERY, MATERNAL MEDICINE,

MAXILLOFACIAL ANAESTHESIA, MICROBIOLOGY, MRI SCANNING, MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY PRACTICE, MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE, NEONATOLOGY, NEONATAL & PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, NEPHROLOGY, NEUROANAESTHESIA, NEURODISABILITY, NEUROLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, NEUROSURGERY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE (INCLUDING PET SCANNING), NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE, OBESITY SPECIALISTS, OBSTETRICS, ONCOLOGY, OPHTHALMIC SURGERY,

OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL ORAL SURGERY, ORTHODONTICS, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, OSTEOPATHY, OTOLOGY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY, PAEDIATRICS, PAEDIATRIC & ADOLESCENT ENDOCRINOLOGY, PAEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY, PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE, PAIN MANAGEMENT, PANCREATIC & ENDOCRINE SURGERY, PARASITOLOGY, PARATHYROID SURGERY, PATHOLOGY, PATHOLOGY SERVICES, PERFORMANCE & EXERCISE MEDICINE,

PERINATAL PSYCHIATRY, PERIODONTICS, PHLEBOTOMY, PHYSIOTHERAPY, PLAIN FILM X-RAY, PODIATRY, PROSTHODONTICS, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOTHERAPY, RADIOLOGY, RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, RENAL TRANSPLANTATION, REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, RESPIROLOGY, RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY, RHEUMATOLOGY, SCLEROTHERAPY SURGERY, SEXUAL HEALTH, SLEEP MEDICINE, SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY,

SPINAL SURGERY, SPORTS MEDICINE PRACTICE, STOP SMOKING & ADDICTION SERVICES, STROKE MEDICINE, TRANSPLANT SURGERY, TRAUMA SURGERY, TRAVEL MEDICINE, ULTRASOUND, URODYNAMICS, UROLOGICAL SURGERY, VASCULAR MEDICINE, VASCULAR SURGERY, VASCULAR STUDIES, WEIGHT LOSS CLINICS, WOMEN’S HEALTH.

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The Howard de Walden Estate— a privately owned company with family ties to the area which date back for centuries—owns, manages and leases the majority real estate across 92 acres of Marylebone. This comprises the area from Marylebone High Street in the west to Portland Place in the east and from Wigmore Street in the south to Marylebone Road in the north. The majority of the Harley Street Medical Area, containing in excess of 1 million sq ft of medical space, falls within the Estate’s boundaries. Over the years, the Estate has developed a reputation for its highly strategic stewardship of Marylebone. Its long-termist approach is exemplified by the success of the area’s retail sector, in which independent retailers have been carefully chosen for the quality and variety that they bring to the area. This is also evident in the medical sector,

with the Estate continuing to invest the necessary time and money to ensure that the Harley Street Medical Area enjoys sustainable growth far into the future. Central to this is the refurbishment work carried out by the Estate to make its medical properties more attractive to prospective tenants. The majority of the area consists of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian townhouses which have been converted into medical accommodation, ranging from individual consulting rooms to self contained buildings. While the historic building stock of the Harley Street Medical Area has a high aesthetic value which appeals greatly to patients and health professionals, it also requires frequent and expert maintenance in order to meet the demands of modern medicine. The Estate runs a constant, on-going programme of modernisation which draws heavily upon decades of experience of dealing with listed

buildings and an acute understanding of the highly specific needs of medical practitioners. The result is a large portfolio of 18th century buildings with 21st century facilities. The Estate also provides significant investment to create brand new or substantially redeveloped medical buildings in partnership with tenants. The case studies set out over the next few pages provide examples of a range of projects from the past few years. As well as making significant commitments to individual tenants through attractive terms and professional support, the Estate is also highly committed to the area as a whole—by marketing the area throughout the world and by working hard to ensure the quality, balance and credibility of its tenants. The Harley Street Medical Area is of huge importance to the Estate, and this is clearly reflected in its strategy.

THE ESTATE’S INVESTMENT IN THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA IS DESIGNED TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FAR INTO THE FUTURE

PORTFOLIOTHE INVESTMENT, SERVICE AND EXPERTISE OF THE AREA’S LANDLORD


The Howard de Walden Estate has an extensive portfolio of medical spaces including individual rooms, groups of rooms and whole building facilities. Forming part of the Estate’s programme of refurbishment, maintenance and management, these properties provide varying consulting spaces for incoming tenants to fit out to their own bespoke standards. Some properties benefit from waiting areas managed by the Estate on behalf of tenants.

RENOVATION PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR STATE OF THE ART MEDICAL OR DENTAL FACILITIES

CONSULTING ROOMSSIZE: 250-5,000 SQ FT (20-465 SQ M)

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A REDEVELOPED TOWNHOUSE BUILDING, ACCOMMODATING THREE GYMS, AN AQUATHERAPY POOL AND AN INDOOR SPORTS FIELD

11 HARLEY STREETSIZE: 8,061 SQ FT (750 SQ M)

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Isokinetic was founded in Bologna in 1987 by pioneering sports medicine specialist Dr Stefano Della Villa, and the company has since gone on to become one of the most highly regarded rehabilitation providers in the world, with branches in most Italian cities and accreditation as a FIFA Centre of Excellence. The company’s first international clinic opened at 11 Harley Street in November 2014. The Howard de Walden Estate has worked closely with Isokinetic to completely redevelop the building. The grand façade has been retained and refurbished and the Georgian spaces respectfully updated, while the rear of the property has been sympathetically rebuilt to accommodate 8,000 sq ft of new rehabilitation space, with three gyms, an aquatherapy pool and an indoor sports field.

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TWO PERIOD PROPERTIES OPENED UP TO PROVIDE A LARGE, MODERN AND HIGHLY ADAPTABLE SPACE

75-76WIMPOLE STREETSIZE: 11,830 SQ FT (1,099 SQ M)

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75-76 Wimpole Street consists of two listed buildings which have been sympathetically refurbished while preserving the highly valued period features. The shared party wall has been opened up on all floors, allowing the occupier a more modern and adaptable space. The property provides 11,800 sq ft arranged over five floors. The building has been let to The Doctors Laboratory, the largest independent provider of clinical laboratory diagnostic services in the UK.

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Combining period features with contemporary design, this impressive development is an amalgamation of an existing listed building at number 78 and a newly built property at 77. The resulting facility offers the scale and flexibility required by potential tenants, while the new core offers lift access to all levels and a stylish feature staircase. The new front door at number 77— a striking piece of public art — was shortlisted for awards run by the Estates Gazette and RIBA.

AN AMALGAMATION OF A PERIOD PROPERTY AND A NEW BUILD, COMBINING HISTORIC FEATURES WITH CONTEMPORARY DESIGN

77-78WIMPOLE STREETSIZE: 11,133 SQ FT (1,035 SQ M)

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HOUSING SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED RADIOLOGY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, THE CENTRE REQUIRED AN ENTIRELY NEW BUILDING TO BE CONSTRUCTED, COMPLETE WITH BASEMENT VAULTS LINED WITH 1.5M THICK LEADITE WALLS

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRAND NEW BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST SOPHISTICATED CANCER TREATMENT CENTRES

22DEVONSHIRE PLACETHE LONDON CLINIC CANCER CENTRESIZE: 70,000 SQ FT (6,500 SQ M)

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Developed as a joint venture with The Howard de Walden Estate, the London Clinic Cancer Centre has put the Harley Street Medical Area at the cutting edge of cancer treatment. Housing some of the most advanced radiology equipment available anywhere in the world, the centre required an entirely new building to be constructed, complete with basement vaults lined with 1.5m thick leadite walls. The facility is connected to the main London Clinic building on Devonshire Place via a huge underground corridor. Despite the complex technical requirements of the project and the work involved in demolishing several existing buildings with the minimum of disruption to the high street, the Cancer Centre was completed on time and under budget.

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A CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED RENOVATION PROGRAMME DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR A STATE OF THE ART DENTAL FACILITY

52 HARLEY STREETSIZE: 4,000 SQ FT (370 SQ M)

The Harley Street Dental Studio has recently opened at 52 Harley Street, boasting some of the most advanced dental facilities available anywhere in London. Creating these facilities involved a complete renovation of the Georgian building—a renovation which had to be achieved while staying within the strict guidelines imposed on this important conservation area. The logistics involved in such a project can be arduous—with each dental chair requiring its own power supply, suction and compression pipework, specialised lighting, video screens and x-ray kit, preparing a grand old building for such high spec equipment requires a great deal of expertise and careful planning.

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AN ORNATE BUILDING, SYMPATHETICALLY REFURBISHED TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES

78HARLEY STREETSIZE: 8,400 SQ FT (780 SQ M)

78 Harley Street is a prestigious mid-Georgian town house—one of Harley Street’s more impressive properties. The house was built circa 1776 by developer John White and much of the original 18th century work survives in the basement and principal rooms on the ground and first floors, including a highly distinctive staircase. This ornate building was sympathetically refurbished by the Howard de Walden Estate to provide high quality medical and administrative facilities for HCA. These included a number of consulting rooms with integral adjoining examination rooms, disabled WC, shower and changing rooms and kitchenette, as well as secretarial office space.

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Harley Street began, as the name suggests, with a man called Harley —Edward Harley. Edward’s father, Robert, was a politician who rose to be Chancellor of the Exchequer before surviving an assassination attempt in Whitehall at the hands of a knife-wielding Frenchman and being named Earl of Oxford and Mortimer by a grateful Queen Anne. When he died in 1724, Edward inherited the earldom. Edward Harley was a man of considerable means, having in 1713 married Henrietta Cavendish Holles, daughter of the late Duke of Newcastle and heiress to an estate that included the quiet backwater of Marylebone. Marylebone was then a small village on the banks of the river Tyburn. Edward and Henrietta Harley decided to invest their considerable fortune in turning this estate, which was then mostly fields, into a

grand suburban district that would attract the great and the good. They commissioned John Prince to design a grid of attractive residential streets, anchored to the south by Cavendish Square. Development began in 1719, but was delayed by the economic shambles of the South Sea Bubble. By the time Edward died in 1741, work on the street that would bear his name had made very little progress. It slowly took shape over the following century. The estate meanwhile passed through Edward’s daughter to the Portland family, into which she had married, and then later to the Howard de Walden family, in whose ownership it remains. While beautifully proportioned, Harley Street was by no means the grandest element of the new estate—Portland Place and New Cavendish Street, for example, boasted vast, spectacular buildings designed by the

likes of the Adam brothers and John Nash, while Harley Street consisted of more modest townhouses. Its first residents were a blend of different professionals—scientists, politicians, military officers, artists. JMW Turner lived at number 64, the future Duke of Wellington at number 11, the geologist Charles Lyell at number 73. Medical men began arriving in the mid-19th century. By the 1860s there were a dozen or so doctors. By 1873 there were 36. After that, the numbers increased rapidly. There was no single trigger for this growth—London’s population was growing, and so was the science of medicine, so there were more and more doctors, but why they should choose to coalesce on Harley Street is hard to define. Marylebone certainly had an expanding and prosperous constituency of potential patients, and the building stock was ideal—attractive

MEDICAL MEN BEGAN ARRIVING IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY, BY THE 1860S THERE WERE A DOZEN OR SO DOCTORS–NOW THERE ARE MORE THAN 2,200

HISTORYTHE RICH HISTORY OF THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA

1713EDWARD HARLEY MARRIES HENRIETTA CAVENDISH HOLLES, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND HEIRESS TO AN ESTATE THAT INCLUDES THE QUIET BACKWATER OF MARYLEBONE

1741EDWARD DIES BEFORE THE STREET THAT WOULD BEAR HIS NAME HAS BEEN COMPLETED

MID C19thMEDICAL MEN BEGAN ARRIVING IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY, BY THE 1860S THERE WERE A DOZEN OR SO DOCTORS– BY 1873 THERE WERE 36

1877PIONEERING DOCTOR SIR JOSEPH LISTER MOVES TO PARK CRESCENT

1719AFTER BEING COMMISSIONED BY EDWARD AND HENRIETTA HARLEY, THE ARCHITECT JOHN PRINCE DRAWS UP HIS PLAN FOR DEVELOPING THE ESTATE INTO AN ATTRACTIVE GRID OF STREETS

1872THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON MOVES TO CHANDOS STREET

1853FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE TAKES UP THE POST OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GENTLEWOMEN AT 1 HARLEY STREET

1887HARLEY STREET LARYNGOLOGIST SIR MORELL MACKENZIE BECOMES INFAMOUS AFTER MISDIAGNOSING THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE’S TERMINAL CANCER AS SYPHILIS

but not unaffordable, with ample space for a consulting room on the ground floor and a spacious family home upstairs. As more doctors arrived, among them a number of highly regarded specialists, others saw the benefit of reflected glory and followed swiftly in their wake. Early medical residents included the anaesthetist Joseph Clover, the surgeon and syphilis specialist Sir Jonathan Hutchinson and the urologist Sir Henry Thompson, who rummaged in the bladders of Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackery and even Emperor Napolean III. The Harley Street laryngologist Sir Morell Mackenzie became infamous after misdiagnosing the German crown prince’s terminal cancer as syphilis in 1887, much to Kaiser Wilhelm II’s disgust—an incident which, though damaging in the short term, merely increased the area’s fame.

Perhaps the most brilliant of the area’s early doctors was Joseph Lister, whose pioneering work on combating wound infection made major surgical procedures a genuinely viable option for the first time. He spent 34 years living at 12 Park Crescent and his statue can be seen on Portland Place. Others of note included Sir Frederick Treves, who treated the Elephant Man and whipped out Edward VII’s appendix, Sir Victor Horsley, the first man to successfully remove a brain tumour, and Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, who revolutionised bone surgery. In the early years of the 20th century, the area’s profile began to change. As Marylebone became more urbanised and transport links more efficient, doctors chose to live in the leafier parts of town, such as Hampstead, and travel to their jobs each day, rather than setting up home above the surgery. This led to the development of multiple

tenancies, with entire buildings being converted into consulting rooms, each of which was let to a different clinician. This meant an explosion in the number of doctors—there were around 200 doctors in 1914 and 1,500 by 1948. More than 150 years after those first clinicians arrived in their frock coats, spats and top hats, much has changed in the Harley Street Medical Area. No longer confined to a small medical elite, it is now populated by thousands of clinicians, covering just about every specialism. A few of the Georgian buildings were damaged in the war and replaced by more modern clinics; those that remain are now packed with cutting edge equipment. The area’s reputation remains intact though—a centre of medical excellence right in the heart of central London, with a history and standing that would have made Edward Harley a very proud man indeed.

1889THE OLD PORTLAND ESTATE BECOMES THE HOWARD DE WALDEN ESTATE, UNDER WHOSE STEWARDSHIP THE HARLEY STREET MEDICAL AREA STILL REMAINS

1912THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE MOVES TO NEW HEADQUARTERS ON WIMPOLE STREET

1948AROUND 1,500 DOCTORS ARE KNOWN TO BE WORKING IN THE HARLEY STREET AREA

1902HARLEY STREET DOCTOR SIR FREDERICK TREVES REMOVES EDWARD VII’S APPENDIX


HARLEY STREET LOOKING NORTH FROM CAVENDISH SQUARE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

HISTORY

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Documents

Harley Street Medical Area brochure 2015