Ridgmount Street

Looking down Ridgmount Street from Chenies Street.
The former Bloomsbury Service Station.
The Polyclinic (since demolished).

Ridgmount Street is a street in Bloomsbury, London.

Location

Ridgmount Street runs from Chenies Street in the north to Store Street in the south. It runs parallel with Gower Street and Alfred Place. Ridgmount Place joins Ridgmount Street on its western side.

Occupants and buildings

The street is home to:

The Polyclinic

At number 22 Chenies Street, on the north western corner of Ridgmount Street, once stood the Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic. It has since been replaced by Nicholas Cooper House, owned by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The Polyclinic was the first British postgraduate medical institution.[6]

References

  1. Contact us. CILIP. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold; Daily, Jay E. (1975). "The Library Association". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 14. CC Press. p. 324. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. Contact. Institute for Fiscal Studies. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. Welcome to The Child and Family Practice. Child and Family Practice. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. 6 Store St & 2-8 Ridgmount St. Garnett & Partners. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  6. Medical Graduates' College and Polyclinic. UCL Bloomsbury Project, 13 April 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.


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