Hazelbourne Road, in Clapham, south-west London, appears to be an ordinary street with terraced red-brick houses sitting ...

There are too many bargains, too many sales.” Then, and ever since, Oxford Street has been plagued by hucksters and hawkers.

A Kennington home — expanded but still compact at 1,000 square feet and trimmed in green brick — was named the Jealous House by its architect.

First built in the 1690s, Albemarle Street in Mayfair holds many records and accolades. Home to the Royal Institution, it has thus remained a hotbed to British Science for more than 200 years. The ...