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221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.In the United Kingdom, postal addresses with a number followed by a letter may indicate a separate address within a larger, often residential building.
It opened in 1990 and is situated on Baker Street, bearing the number 221B by permission of the City of Westminster, [1] although it lies between numbers 237 and 241, [2] near the north end of Baker Street in central London close to Regent's Park. [3] [4] The Georgian town house which the museum occupies as "221B Baker Street" was built in 1815 ...
221B Baker Street: The Master Detective Game is a board game featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and developed by Jay Moriarty (dba Antler Productions) in 1975 [1] and sold by the John N. Hansen Co. in the US since 1977.
In Abbey House on Baker Street Holmes' sitting room at 221B Baker Street was created. [1] Each day crumpets were supplied by a local baker and these were left on a plate in the sitting room with two different sets of bite marks. [7] Rear view of the reconstruction of Holmes' sitting room
The exhibit "Sherlock Holmes in 221 Objects" at Lilly Library has books, speech and posters about Sherlock Holmes and author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
A statue of Sherlock Holmes by the sculptor John Doubleday stands near the supposed site of 221B Baker Street, the fictional detective's address in London.Unveiled on 23 September 1999, the sculpture was funded by the Abbey National building society, whose headquarters were on the purported site of the famous address.
Baker Street area map. Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London. It is named after builder William Baker, who laid out the street in the 18th century. The area was originally high class residential, but now is mainly occupied by commercial premises. The street is referenced in multiple popular works.
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