Surrey Street was built on land once occupied by Arundel House and its gardens.
Arundel House was the property of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk. Surrey Street and its neighbouring streets, Arundel Street, Howard Street and Norfolk Street, were all built after Arundel House was demolished by the earl of Arundel in 1678.
The street was joined on its eastern side by Howard Street before that street was demolished in the 1970s. The entire western half of the street has formed part of the Strand Campus of King’s College London since the end of World War II.
Former inhabitants of Surrey Street include the diarist John Evelyn.
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