It is fictitious.
Source: Twitter. So the bank I work at used to have an office on Baker Street. — Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, 1887 When the "Sherlock Holmes" stories were first published, street numbers in Baker Street did not go as high as 221.
At the centre of the stories is the address of 221b Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes's address. AnswerThe great fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, lived at 221B Baker Street in London, England, but on retirement went to live in Sussex. Eventually the museum was granted special permission by the City of Westminster to bear the address of 221B Baker Street.The fictional address has been portrayed in the following pastiches of Baker Street in 1890 and the present day. We were not allowed to say that Sherlock was fictional. The number 221b suggests that it was a flat linked to 221 and it is likely that Holmes' apartment would have been part of a Georgian terrace like much of Baker Street at the time. It is in fact, at number 239.The number 221b indicates that it was a flat or apartment above number 221. The address 221b Baker Street did not exist in Conan Doyle's time (the numbers only went to 85).
The Sherlock Holmes's novels remain a firm favourite despite them being over 100 years old. Fans continue to send letters to Sherlock Holmes; these letters are now delivered to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. It was fictional when Conan Doyle wrote the stories as numbers didnt go as high as 221B, but tBaker Street was later extended, and in 1932 the Abbey National Building Society moved into premises at 219–229 Baker Street. I am saying that the bank moved into the premises once built.I used to work at the Sherlock Holmes Museum that you’re talking about (can post proof if necessary).
But at the time that Conan Doyle created Sherlock, the street numbers did not reach such a high number.
The main objection to the Museum's role in answering the letters was that the number 221B bestowed on the Museum by the Council was out of sequence with the other numbers in the street: an issue that has since vexed local bureaucrats, who have striven for years to keep street numbers in sequence. Fans continue to send letters to Sherlock Holmes; these letters are now delivered to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. And it has an interesting story of its own. Since the closure of Abbey House in 2005, ownership of the address by the Holmes Museum has not been challenged, despite its location between 237 and 241 Baker Street.It didn’t exist when ACD wrote the stories, but existed later on when they extended Baker St.The bigger travesty is the pub The Sherlock Holmes not only being not on Baker St, but a significant distance away. In the late 19th century, Baker Street was a high-class residential district - but 221b did not exist. The present 221b Baker Street, now the site of the Sherlock Holmes Museum, is a special address recognised by the Post Office. In the United Kingdom, postal addresses with a number followed by a letter may indicate a separate address within a larger, often residential building.
The number 221b suggests that it was a flat linked to 221 and it is likely that Holmes' apartment would have been part of a Georgian terrace like much of Baker Street at the time. Which is complete nonsense.I was fired from the museum with no warning, by email (legally because there are no contracts) because the museum received an anonymous complaint that happened to know my name.I could write so much more in regards to their shady and straight up illegal practices but anyway, in short, if in London do not give them money, it is a tourist trap and a complete disgrace of a “museum”.Why on earth would they not mention ACD?! N.239 is the Sherlock Holmes Museum, with "221B" written above the door. 50+ videos Play all Mix - 221B Baker Street Ambience + Music YouTube Ambience/ASMR: Writer's Library from the 1930s, 4 Hours - Duration: 4:00:08.