Texas Legation
Texas Legation is a memorial in Westminster, Greater London, England which is located on St James’s Street. Texas Legation is situated nearby to the clothing store James Lock & Co., as well as near the square Pickering Place.- Type: Memorial
- Address: 1 Pl. Vendôme St James’s Street, London, SW1A 1EF
- Inscription: “In this building was the legation for the ministers from the Republic of Texas to the Court of St. James 1842-1845. Erected by the Anglo-Texan Society.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leicester Square and Clarence House.
Leicester Square
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The area around Leicester Square, often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of London. The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.
Clarence House
Castle
Photo: ChrisO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clarence House is a royal residence on The Mall in the City of Westminster, London. It was built in 1825–1827, adjacent to St James's Palace, for the royal Duke of Clarence, the future King William IV. Clarence House is situated 580 feet south of Texas Legation.
Marlborough House
Government office
Photo: CMallwitz, Public domain.
Marlborough House, a Grade I listed mansion on The Mall in St James's, City of Westminster, London, is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat. Marlborough House is situated 530 feet southeast of Texas Legation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St James’s and Chinatown.
St James’s
Neighborhood
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St James's is a district of Westminster, and a central district in the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the West End. The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.
Chinatown
Suburb
Photo: Aurelien Guichard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west and Theatreland to the south and east. The enclave currently occupies the area in and around Gerrard Street.
Mayfair-Marylebone
Photo: Aniacra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mayfair and Marylebone are districts of central London. Together they cover a large area of western central London, encompassing the whole of Mayfair and Piccadilly to the south and the area from Oxford Street through Marylebone to Regent's Park and the border with St John's Wood to the north.
Texas Legation
- Category: historic site
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50556° or 51° 30′ 20″ northLongitude
-0.13817° or 0° 8′ 17″ westInception
1842Open location code
9C3XGV46+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 11913808686OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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