Cecil Street, and parallel Salisbury Street, were built on the site of Cecil House (sometime Salisbury House).
Cecil House was built by Robert Cecil, first Earl of Salisbury. It was described as a “large and stately mansion”.
A portion of Cecil House, now consisting simply of one large room, was subsequently fitted with shops on both sides, and opened for a time as the ’Middle Exchange’. This was pulled down in 1696. Upon the site. Cecil Street was built. Strype calls it a “fair street with very good houses, fit for persons of repute”.
Cecil Street disappeared during the 1890s.
