Argyll Rooms

Engraving of Regent Street in 1825, with the Argyll Rooms on the right. Print made by Charles Heath, after William Westall.

The Argyll Rooms (sometimes spelled Argyle) was an entertainment venue on Little Argyll Street, Regent Street, London, England, opened in 1806. It was rebuilt in 1818 due to the design of Regent Street. It burned down in 1830, but was rebuilt, but later mainly occupied by shops. It was the home of the Philharmonic Society of London from its inception in 1813 until 1830. Spohr, Moscheles, Liszt and Mendelssohn made their first appearances in England at the rooms.[1]

The Argyll Rooms should not be confused with the Argyle Subscription Rooms, later part of the London Trocadero. These rooms were open as a music hall from 1849 to 1878 and were notorious as a haven for prostitutes.[2][3]

  1. ^ Edwards, F.G. Musical Haunts in London (1895), p. 1-3
  2. ^ "The Oldest Profession (and others)". Off the Pedestal: Images of Women in Victorian Broadsides, Ephemera & "Fast" Literature, Lilly Library, University of Indiana Bloomington. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ "The London Trocadero, Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus". The Music Hall and Theatre History Site, dedicated to Arthur Lloyd. Retrieved 27 May 2015.