"Despite its proximity to one of London's busiest tourist attractions, its back street location is remarkably quiet and peaceful. Leading off Stafford Place, it was originally, and unsurprisingly, called Stafford Mews, as it was built as stabling for houses on Buckingham Gate, facing the palace. Constructed around 1860, the stables were simple two-storey houses, built initially with stables at the ground and accommodation above."
"In the 1890s, Charles Booth's poverty maps recorded the area as being "middle class well to do", which is not entirely surprising considering its location. Later, the horses were replaced with cars, and now they make for upmarket homes. Most have been expanded upwards in set-back masard floors, and downwards into basements to provide more living space. Although initially called Stafford Mews,"
Buckingham Mews lies a short distance from Buckingham Palace in a quiet backstreet off Stafford Place. Built around 1860 as stabling for houses on Buckingham Gate, the original two-storey buildings had ground-floor stables with accommodation above. Charles Booth's 1890s poverty maps recorded the area as "middle class well to do". Horses gave way to cars and many mews houses were converted into upmarket homes, expanded with set-back mansard floors and basements. The mews was renamed Buckingham Mews before the 1940s. Notable residents included Herbrand Sackville and Ernest Allday Coleman. Property values rose from around £10,000 in 1954 to about £4.25 million today, and end houses sit above Victoria line tunnels.
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