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Benson & Clegg is a bespoke tailors and gentlemen's outfitters located at 9 Piccadilly Arcade, Jermyn Street in London. Benson & Clegg was founded by Harry Benson and Thomas Clegg, who both worked for Hawes & Curtis, at 34 Bury Street, London SW1, their original premises. In 1976, they moved to 9 Piccadilly Arcade, off Jermyn Street. [1] [2]
Piccadilly Arcade runs between Piccadilly and Jermyn Street in central London. It was opened in 1909, having been designed by Thrale Jell, and is a Grade II listed building. [1] The arcade is composed of twenty-eight shops on the ground floor. The first floor was originally offices, but converted to the Felix Hotel in 1915.
Jermyn Street is a one-way street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster in London, England. It is to the south of, parallel, and adjacent to Piccadilly . Jermyn Street is known as a street for gentlemen's-clothing retailers in the West End .
Jermyn Street is an established retail and urban leisure street which has bespoke gentlemen's clothing stores, shoe/bootmakers and barber shops. The hotel gained prominence during the 1902–1952 management of the self-made hotelier and socialite Rosa Lewis, who was also known as the "Queen of Cooks" and "The Duchess of Jermyn Street"; damaged ...
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A westward extension of the hotel was built between 1911 and 1913, which is now Nos. 39-40 Jermyn Street. The arcade was constructed between 1929 and 1933, linking the two streets. The hotel was subsequently converted into offices. [2] [3] The arcade was refurbished by the Crown Estate in 2018 as "a space for innovative retail brands". [4]
Piccadilly and Nos. 8–9 Jermyn Street was purchased by Messrs. Spiers and Pond, a firm of wine merchants and caterers, who held a limited architectural competition for designs for a large restaurant and tavern with ancillary public rooms. [citation needed] The competition was won by architect Thomas Verity.
Penhaligon's first shop was situated within the Turkish baths, but with a second entrance directly from the street. This is where Penhaligon created his signature perfume, Hammam Bouquet. The second shop opened at 33 St James's Street, and was attached to the Jermyn Street store at the rear. In the late 1920s, the business moved to Bury Street.