Langham Place is a street in Westminster

Westminster

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, central London

Central London

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, England

England

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. It connects Portland Place

Portland Place

Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London, England.-History and topography:The street was laid out by the brothers Robert and James Adam for the Duke of Portland in the late 18th century and originally ran north from the gardens of a detached mansion called Foley House...

 to the north with Regent Street

Regent Street

Regent Street is one of the major shopping streets in London's West End, well known to tourists and Londoners alike, and famous for its Christmas illuminations...

 to the south in London's West End

West End of London

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Buildings

There are several major buildings on Langham Place, including All Souls Church

All Souls Church, Langham Place

All Souls Church is an Anglican Evangelical church in central London, situated in Marylebone at the north end of Regent Street on Langham Place, just south of BBC Broadcasting House. As well as the core church membership, many hundreds of visitors come to All Souls, bringing the average number of...

, Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House is the headquarters and registered office of the BBC in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.The building includes the BBC Radio Theatre from where music and speech programmes are recorded in front of a studio audience...

, and the Langham Hotel

Langham Hotel, London

The Langham, London is one of the largest and best known traditional style grand hotels in London. It is in the district of Marylebone on Langham Place and faces up Portland Place towards Regent's Park. It is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World marketing consortium.- History :The Langham,...

. Queen's Hall

Queen's Hall

The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893. Designed by the architect T.E. Knightley, it had room for an audience of about 2,500 people. It became London's principal concert venue. From 1895 until 1941, it was the home of the promenade concerts founded by Robert...

 was also here until its destruction in 1941 during World War II

World War II

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The area is associated with the architect John Nash

John Nash (architect)

John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and...

, although all his original buildings except All Souls Church have since been replaced.

All Souls Church

All Souls Church, on Langham Place at the top of Regent Street, just south of Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House

Broadcasting House is the headquarters and registered office of the BBC in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.The building includes the BBC Radio Theatre from where music and speech programmes are recorded in front of a studio audience...

, is a church with a distinctive circular portico

Portico

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 topped with a stone spire

Spire

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. Completed in 1823 and consecrated in 1824, All Souls is the only surviving building in the area that was designed by John Nash.

Langham Hotel

The Langham Hotel on the west side of Langham Place was built between 1863 and 1865 at a cost of £300,000. It is one of the largest and best known traditional-style grand hotels in London.

Queen's Hall

Queen's Hall was a classical music concert hall on Langham Place. It opened in 1893 but was destroyed by an incendiary bomb in 1941. It is best known for being where the Promenade Concerts

The Proms

The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...

 ("Proms") were founded by Robert Newman

Robert Newman (impresario)

Robert Newman was an English businessman and musical impresario. He is most celebrated as the founder of the series of classical music concerts that are now known as The Proms....

, with Sir Henry J. Wood, in 1895.

Broadcasting House

The BBC

BBC

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's headquarters, Broadcasting House in Langham Place near the top end of Regent Street, was built in the 1930s in the Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 style. It was designed by the architect George Val Myer. Several national radio stations broadcast from the building.