Sheraton Street

Sheraton Street is a short east-west street in the centre of Soho, running between Wardour Street at its western end and the pedestrianised Great Chapel Street to the east. It was formerly called Little Chapel Street and was later renamed after the furniture designer Thomas Sheraton.

The street sits on land that formed part of the separate Pulteney estate. In 1721 an Act of Parliament allowed the Crown to sell its freehold interest to the trustees of Sir William Pulteney's will, and the parcels were conveyed to those trustees early the following year. Like much of Soho, the area carries a Huguenot history: in October 1694 the French Protestant congregation known as La Patente moved to Little Chapel Street, taking a large building made possible by gifts from English supporters. That chapel use is the origin of the street's earlier name.

Soho's broader story runs through these blocks, from Huguenot refugees to later Italian and Greek communities and the music and film trades that settled around Wardour Street nearby. Sheraton Street itself is now a modest commercial turning of offices and premises, valued mainly for its quiet position a step away from the busier lanes around Berwick Street and Dean Street.