Meard Street, Soho, looking west towards Wardour Street. Meard Street was built between 1722 and 1732 by John Meard on the site of two separate seventeenth-century courts which opened off Dean Street and Wardour Street but were not joined. Meard removed houses to link the two courts and the resulting street was renamed after him. 1-7 Meard Street is a four-storey terrace of brick and stucco built c1732, with basements and lightwells bounded by iron railings. It was Grade II* listed in 1958, entry 1222744. Beyond that, the side elevation of number 9 is visible, reflecting the alignment of the earlier western court. 9 and 11 are a pair of three-storey brick terraced houses built c1732 and Grade II* listed in 1958, entry 1222689. Onwards towards Wardour Street, Meard Street is pedestrianised and two large early twentieth-century buildings lie to the north side of the street. The first is Royalty Mansions, built in 1908 by Harold Arthur Woodington as flats with workrooms for tailors, renovated 1978-1980. The second block lies on the corner of Meard Street and extends along Wardour Street, at numbers 76-88. It was built as offices between 1906-8 to designs by William Woodford and occupied from c1914 to the mid 1920s by The Ideal Film Company, a British film production and distribution company. A Morris Minor 1000 Traveller is parked at the end of the cul-de-sac. As of 2026, Meard Street is still extant, as are its listed Georgian terraces. The street is entirely pedestrianised and lies within the Soho Conservation area. Royalty Mansions remains as a residential apartment block, and 76-88 Wardour Street has been renovated as a mixed-use commercial block, with its original red sandstone façade preserved.