Editing Savile Row (section)

==Architecture==
The original architectural plan for Savile Row is believed to have been drawn up by [[Colen Campbell]], with [[Henry Flitcroft]] as the main architect of the street, under the supervision of [[Daniel Garrett]]; though 1 and 22–23 Savile Row were designed by [[William Kent]],<ref name="Sheppard 1963 442–455">{{cite book |title=Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32 |chapter=Cork Street and Savile Row Area: Introduction |author=F.H.W. Sheppard |year=1963 |via= British History Online |publisher=London County Council |pages=442–455 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41485 |access-date=9 January 2009}}</ref> who moved into No. 2.<ref name="Sheppard 1963 546–565">{{cite book |title=Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32 |chapter=Cork Street and Savile Row Area: Burlington Estate Lease Tables |author=F.H.W. Sheppard |year=1963 |via= British History Online |publisher=London County Council |pages=546–565 |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41493 |access-date=9 January 2009}}</ref> These architects were all under the influence of [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington|Burlington]]'s interpretation of [[Palladian architecture]], known as "Burlingtonian", which was to have some influence on English architecture in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.royalacademy.org.uk/files/south-walk-440.pdf |title=Walking Palladian London South Walk: St James's and Whitehall |first=Owen|last=Hopkin |publisher=Royal Academy of Arts |year=2009 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0S975LKGEB4C&pg=PA65 |title=William Kent: Architect, Designer, Opportunist |page=65 |first= Timothy|last= Mowl |author-link = Timothy Mowl|publisher=Random House |date=24 April 2007 |isbn=978-1-84413-539-4 }}</ref> As tailoring moved into the street, the house frontages were altered to bring natural light into the tailors' working area with the addition of glass frontages and light wells.<ref name=SPA/> The houses have been much altered over time; the original Burlingtonian design has been mostly lost, though No. 14 still retains much of the original external features.<ref name=Sheppard/>  When the [[Royal Geographical Society]] occupied No. 1, they built a glass-roofed map-room in the courtyard, a small astronomical observatory on the roof, and a new portico – which may be the basis for the current appearance of the façade.<ref name=Sheppard>{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41492 |title=Cork Street and Savile Row Area – Savile Row &#124; Survey of London: Volumes 31 and 32 |pages=517–545 |author=F.H.W. Sheppard |via= British History Online |publisher=London County Council|year=1963 |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>

Several of the buildings on Savile Row are [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed]] on the [[National Heritage List for England]]; 1 Savile Row (6A Vigo Street) is listed Grade II, 3 Savile Row is listed II*, 12, 12A and 13 are listed II as a group, 14 is listed Grade II*, 17 is listed Grade II, 16 is listed Grade II, and 11 is listed II*.<ref name=NHLE1>{{NHLE|num=1236102|desc=1 Savile Row, W1, 6A Vigo Street, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLE3>{{NHLE|num=1236103|desc=3 Savile Row, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLE1212A13>{{NHLE|num=1236104|desc=12, 12A, and 13 Savile Row, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLE14>{{NHLE|num=1236105|desc=14 Savile Row, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLE17>{{NHLE|num=1236137|desc=17 Savile Row, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLE16>{{NHLE|num=1264730|desc=16 Savile Row, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref><ref name=NHLE11>{{NHLE|num=1264751|desc=11 Savile Row, W1, Westminster|access-date=15 January 2017|mode=cs2}}</ref>