 It is also known for its art galleries and the Brown's Hotel is located at 33 Albemarle Street.Albemarle Street was built by a syndicate of developers headed by Sir Thomas Bond.The syndicate purchased a Piccadilly mansion called Clarendon House from Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle in 1684, which had fallen into ruin due to neglect caused by the dissolute duke's spendthrift ways.