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Inigo Place is a small pedestrian way on the western side of Covent Garden piazza, forming part of the approach from Bedford Street to St Paul's church, the actors' church. It takes its name from Inigo Jones, the architect who designed both the original Covent Garden piazza and St Paul's church in the seventeenth century, work that established the classical character of the square. The place is a quiet, enclosed passage leading towards the churchyard, set apart from the busier market frontages, and it carries the reflective atmosphere associated with the church and its garden. St Paul's is long linked with the theatrical profession, and its churchyard is a well-known quiet space within the district. Inigo Place serves chiefly as a pedestrian route and setting for the church approach rather than a commercial street, and its interest lies in its direct connection to the founding architecture of Covent Garden. Its position at the edge of the piazza places it at the very origin of the planned square, a short and historically significant way that ties the name of Inigo Jones to the ground he laid out.