Noteworthy buildings on Villiers Street Villiers Street
charing cross station passage overlooking villiers street
gordon s wine bar
charing cross station
kipling house (where rudyard kipling lived in 1889–91)
housing on west side of street demolished in 1860s make way charing cross station. rudyard kipling lived @ small rooms windows facing street, @ number 43 (later renamed kipling house) in 1889–91 , here wrote partly autobiographical novel light failed, contains references area. kipling remarks that:
from desk out of window through fanlight of gatti s music-hall entrance, across street, on stage. charing cross trains rumbled through dreams on 1 side, boom of strand on other, while, before windows, father thames under shot tower walked , down traffic.
after world war ii gatti s became noted players theatre club, founded leonard sachs, specialising in music hall entertainments. has become new players theatre, adjacent heaven nightclub.
gordon s wine bar, in basement under kipling house , cellars below street level , terrace overlooking embankment gardens, popular refreshment , eating place.
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