Wilton Crescent, SW1X

Wilton Crescent is notable for its affluent and politically important list of residents, present and historic.

Wilton Crescent was created by Thomas Cundy II, the Grosvenor family estate surveyor, and was drawn up with the original 1821 Wyatt plan for Belgravia. It was named at the time of Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton, second son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster on whose estate the road was built in 1825.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, it was home to many prominent British politicians, ambassadors and civil servants. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–1979) lived at 2 Wilton Crescent for many years, marked today by an attributive blue plaque. Akin to nearby developments, Wilton Crescent is characterised by grand terraces with lavish white houses which are built in a crescent shape, many of them with stuccoed balconies, particularly on the southern part of the crescent. The Portland stone-clad, five-storey houses toward the north are high and were refaced between 1908 and 1912 via architects Balfour and Turner. Most of the houses had originally been built in the stucco style, but such houses became stone-clad during this renovation period. Other houses today have black iron balconies.

Wilton Crescent lies east of Lowndes Square and Lowndes Street, to the northwest of Belgrave Square. It is accessed via Wilton Place which connects it to the main road in Knightsbridge. Grosvenor Crescent is to the east, which contains the Indonesian Embassy. Further to the east is the back of Buckingham Palace and London Victoria station. In 2007, Wilton Garden in the middle of the crescent won a bronze medal from the London Gardens Society.

There are two diplomatic buildings in Wilton Crescent: the High Commission of Singapore at No. 9, and the Embassy of Luxembourg at No. 27 (formerly home to the Luxembourgish government-in-exile).

The 50 buildings, some subdivided, forming the headline Wilton Crescent addresses are listed at Grade II. The crescent is split into three terraces of lengthy proportion buildings, plus 31 which forms a terrace with 1-15 Grosvenor Crescent, plus 32 and 33 which face the opposing side of a brief continuation of the eastern broad link into Belgrave Square which form a terrace with 1-11 Belgrave Square. The western broad link into Belgrave Square is however termed Wilton Terrace, split into 1-3 Wilton Terrace and is of identical date, style and proportions.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

www.violettrefusis.com Wilton Crescent, SW1X Added: 17 Feb 2021 15:05 GMT	Birth place Violet Trefusis, writer, cosmopolitan intellectual and patron of the Arts was born at 2 Wilton Crescent SW1X. Source: www.violettrefusis.com Reply
Emma Seif Hill Street, London Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT	Birth of the Bluestocking Society In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society. Reply
TUM The Underground Map Added: 27 Aug 2022 10:22 GMT	The Underground Map Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London. Reply
Scott Hatton Savile Row, W1S Added: 30 Jan 2023 11:28 GMT	The Beatles on a London rooftop The Beatles’ rooftop concert took place on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London. It was their final public performance as a band and was unannounced, attracting a crowd of onlookers. The concert lasted for 42 minutes and included nine songs. The concert is remembered as a seminal moment in the history of rock music and remains one of the most famous rock performances of all time. Reply
Brian J MacIntyre Dolphin Square Added: 8 Jan 2023 17:27 GMT	Malcolm Davey at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square My former partner, actor Malcolm Davey, lived at Raleigh House, Dolphin Square, for many years until his death. He was a wonderful human being and an even better friend. A somewhat underrated actor, but loved by many, including myself. I miss you terribly, Malcolm. Here’s to you and to History, our favourite subject. Love Always - Brian J MacIntyre Minnesota, USA Reply
Justin Russ Binney Street, W1K Added: 15 Feb 2021 20:25 GMT	Binney Street, W1K Binney St was previously named Thomas Street before the 1950’s. Before the 1840’s (approx.) it was named Bird St both above and below Oxford St. Reply
Cheyne Place, SW3 Added: 1 May 2021 16:46 GMT	Cheyne Place, SW3 Frances Faviell, author of the Blitz memoir, "A Chelsea Concerto", lived at 33, Cheyne Place, which was destroyed by a bomb. She survived, with her husband and unborn baby. Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply

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Christine D Elliott Blockhouse Street, SE15 Added: 20 Mar 2023 15:52 GMT	The Blute Family My grandparents, Frederick William Blute & Alice Elizabeth Blute nee: Warnham lived at 89 Blockhouse Street Deptford from around 1917.They had six children. 1. Alice Maragret Blute (my mother) 2. Frederick William Blute 3. Charles Adrian Blute 4. Violet Lillian Blute 5. Donald Blute 6. Stanley Vincent Blute (Lived 15 months). I lived there with my family from 1954 (Birth) until 1965 when we were re-housed for regeneration to the area. I attended Ilderton Road School. Very happy memories of that time. Reply
Pearl Foster Dukes Place, EC3A Added: 20 Mar 2023 12:22 GMT	Dukes Place, EC3A Until his death in 1767, Daniel Nunes de Lara worked from his home in Dukes Street as a Pastry Cook. It was not until much later the street was renamed Dukes Place. Daniel and his family attended the nearby Bevis Marks synagogue for Sephardic Jews. The Ashkenazi Great Synagogue was established in Duke Street, which meant Daniel’s business perfectly situated for his occupation as it allowed him to cater for both congregations. Reply
Dr Paul Flewers Hawthorne Close, N1 Added: 9 Mar 2023 18:12 GMT	Some Brief Notes on Hawthorne Close / Hawthorne Street My great-grandparents lived in the last house on the south side of Hawthorne Street, no 13, and my grandmother Alice Knopp and her brothers and sisters grew up there. Alice Knopp married Charles Flewers, from nearby Hayling Road, and moved to Richmond, Surrey, where I was born. Leonard Knopp married Esther Gutenberg and lived there until the street was demolished in the mid-1960s, moving on to Tottenham. Uncle Len worked in the fur trade, then ran a pet shop in, I think, the Kingsland Road. From the back garden, one could see the almshouses in the Balls Pond Road. There was an ink factory at the end of the street, which I recall as rather malodorous. Reply
KJH Andover Road, N7 Added: 7 Mar 2023 17:14 GMT	Andover Road, N7 (1939 - 1957) My aunt, Doris nee Curtis (aka Jo) and her husband John Hawkins (aka Jack) ran a small general stores at 92 Andover Road (N7). I have found details in the 1939 register but don’t know how long before that it was opened.He died in 1957. In the 1939 register he is noted as being an ARP warden for Islington warden Reply
The Queens Head Added: 2 Mar 2023 13:50 GMT	The Queens Head Queens Head demolished and a NISA supermarket and flats built in its place. Reply
Mike Elia Street, N1 Added: 28 Feb 2023 18:09 GMT	6 Elia Street When I was young I lived in 6 Elia Street. At the end of the garden there was a garage owned by Initial Laundries which ran from an access in Quick Street all the way up to the back of our garden. The fire exit to the garage was a window leading into our garden. 6 Elia Street was owned by Initial Laundry. Reply
Fumblina Whitfield Street, W1T Added: 21 Feb 2023 11:39 GMT	Error on 1800 map numbering for John Street The 1800 map of Whitfield Street (17 zoom) has an error in the numbering shown on the map. The houses are numbered up the right hand side of John Street and Upper John Street to #47 and then are numbered down the left hand side until #81 BUT then continue from 52-61 instead of 82-91. Reply
P Cash Woburn Place, WC1H Added: 19 Feb 2023 08:03 GMT	Occupants of 19-29 Woburn Place The Industrial Tribunals (later changed to Employment Tribunals) moved (from its former location on Ebury Bridge Road to 19-29 Woburn Place sometime in the late 1980s (I believe). 19-29 Woburn Place had nine floors in total (one in the basement and two in its mansard roof and most of the building was occupied by the Tribunals The ’Head Office’ of the tribunals, occupied space on the 7th, 6th and 2nd floors, whilst one of the largest of the regional offices (London North but later called London Central) occupied space in the basement, ground and first floor. The expansive ground floor entrance had white marble flooring and a security desk. Behind (on evey floor) lay a square (& uncluttered) lobby space, which was flanked on either side by lifts. On the rear side was an elegant staircase, with white marble steps, brass inlays and a shiny brass handrail which spiralled around an open well. Both staircase, stairwell and lifts ran the full height of the building. On all floors from 1st upwards, staff toilets were tucked on either side of the staircase (behind the lifts). Basement Floor - Tribunal hearing rooms, dormant files store and secure basement space for Head Office. Public toilets. Geound Floor - The ’post’ roon sat next to the entrance in the northern side, the rest of which was occupied by the private offices of the full time Tribunal judiciary. Thw largest office belonged to the Regional Chair and was situated on the far corner (overlooking Tavistock Square) The secretary to the Regional Chair occupied a small office next door. The south side of this floor was occupied by the large open plan General Office for the administration, a staff kitchen & rest room and the private offices of the Regional Secretary (office manager) and their deputy. First Dloor - Tribunal hearing rooms; separate public waiting rooms for Applicants & Respondents; two small rooms used by Counsel (on a ’whoever arrives first’ bases) and a small private rest room for use by tribunal lay members. Second Floor - Tribunal Hearing Rooms; Tribunal Head Office - HR & Estate Depts & other tennants. Third Floor - other tennants Fourth Floor - other tennants Fifth Floor - Other Tennants except for a large non-smoking room for staff, (which overlooked Tavistock Sqaure). It was seldom used, as a result of lacking any facities aside from a meagre collection of unwanted’ tatty seating. Next to it, (overlooking Tavistock Place) was a staff canteen. Sixth Floor - Other tennants mostly except for a few offices on the northern side occupied by tribunal Head Office - IT Dept. Seventh Floor - Other tenants in the northern side. The southern (front) side held the private offices of several senior managers (Secretariat, IT & Finance), private office of the Chief Accuntant; an office for two private secretaries and a stationary cupboard. On the rear side was a small kitchen; the private office of the Chief Executive and the private office of the President of the Tribunals for England & Wales. (From 1995 onwards, this became a conference room as the President was based elsewhere. The far end of this side contained an open plan office for Head Office staff - Secretariat, Finance & HR (staff training team) depts. Eighth Floor - other tennants. The Employment Tribunals (Regional & Head Offices) relocated to Vitory House, Kingsway in April 2005. Reply

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Basil Mansions, SW1X Basil Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Basil Street, SW1X Basil Street is split into two by Hans Crescent.

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Beauford Gardens, SW3 Beauford Gardens is a location in London.

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Belgrave Mews North, SW1X Belgrave Mews North is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Belgrave Mews South, SW1X Belgrave Mews South is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Belgrave Mews West, SW1X Belgrave Mews West is home to the Star Tavern, former rendezvous of the Great Train Robbers.

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Belgrave Place, SW1X Belgrave Place is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Belgrave Square, SW1X Thomas Cubitt’s greatest achievement, Belgrave Square, is the grandest and largest of his squares, and is the centrepiece of Belgravia.

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Belgravia House, SW1X Belgravia House is a block on Halkin Place.

Belgravia House, SW1X

Bolebec House, SW1X Bolebec House is sited on Lowndes Street.

Bolebec House, SW1X

Bowater House, SW3 Residential block

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Bowland Yard, SW1X Bowland Yard is a gated address situated just off the northern end of Kinnerton Street.

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Capeners Close, SW1X Capeners Close is a narrow, gated mews-style courtyard off Kinnerton Street.

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Chapel Street, SW1X Chapel Street runs south-west to north-east from Belgrave Square to Grosvenor Place.

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Chelsea House, SW1X

Chesham House, SW1X Chesham House is a block on Chesham Place.

Chesham House, SW1X

Chesham Mews, SW1X Chesham Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Chesham Place, SW1X Chesham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Chesham Place, SW1X

Chester Close, SW1X Chester Close lies off of Chester Street.

Chester Close, SW1X

Chester House, SW1X Chester House is a block on Belgrave Mews South.

Chester House, SW1X

Chester Mews, SW1X Chester Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Chester Mews, SW1X

Chester Street, SW1X Chester Street dates from 1805.

Chester Street, SW1X

Chevalier House, SW3 Chevalier House is a block on Brompton Road.

Chevalier House, SW3

Cobham Court, SW1X Cobham Court is a block on Chester Close.

Cobham Court, SW1X

Down Street Mews, W1J Down Street Mews is a largely hidden side street in Mayfair.

Down Street Mews, W1J

Duke of Wellington Place, SW1X Duke of Wellington Place is the official name for the road which skirts the central Hyde Park Corner island on the south and east sides.

Duke of Wellington Place, SW1X

Duplex Ride, SW1X Duplex Ride is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Eaton Row, SW1W Eaton Hall in Cheshire is the principal seat of the Duke of Westminster, owner of these streets and land of Belgravia.

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Edgo House, SW1X Edgo House is a block on Sloane Street.

Edgo House, SW1X

Eon House, W1K Eon House is a block on Piccadilly.

Eon House, W1K

Forbes House, SW1X Forbes House is located on Halkin Street.

Forbes House, SW1X

Frederic Mews, SW1X Frederic Mews is a mews off Kinnerton Street.

Frederic Mews, SW1X

Greville House, SW1X Greville House is a block on Halkin Arcade.

Greville House, SW1X

Groom Place, SW1X Groom Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Grosvenor Crescent Mews, SW1X Grosvenor Crescent Mews is a gated mews.

Grosvenor Crescent Mews, SW1X

Grosvenor Crescent, SW1X Grosvenor Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Grosvenor Place, SW1X Grosvenor Place is the main road connecting Hyde Park Corner with Victoria.

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Halkin Arcade, SW1X Halkin Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Halkin Street, SW1X Halkin Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Hamilton Mews, W1J Hamilton Mews is one of the streets of London in the W1J postal area.

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Hamilton Place, W1J Hamilton Place lies just to the north of Hyde Park Corner.

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Hans Crescent, SW1X Hans Crescent forms part of an area informally called Hans Town which dates back to the 18th century.

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Hans Road, SW3 Hans Road dates from the late eighteenth century.

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Hans Street, SW1X Hans Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Harriet Street, SW1X Harriet Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Harriet Walk, SW1X Harriet Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Holforoad Way, W1J A street within the W1J postcode

Holforoad Way, W1J

Holforoad Way, W1J A street within the W1J postcode

Holforoad Way, W1J

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Hyde Park Corner, W1J Hyde Park Corner is a major road junction at the southeastern corner of Hyde Park.

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Kinnerton Street, SW1X

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Knightsbridge Court, SW1X

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Knightsbridge Green, SW1X

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Knowsley House, SW1X

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Lanesborough Place, SW1X

Little Chester Street, SW1X Little Chester Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Lowndes House, SW1X

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Pont Street, SW1X Pont Street is a fashionable street in Knightsbridge/Belgravia, not far from the Knightsbridge department store Harrods to the north-west.

Pont Street, SW1X

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Princes Court, SW3

Queen’s Gardens, SW1X Queen’s Gardens was developed in about 1768–70.

Queen’s Gardens, SW1X

Raphael Street, SW7 Raphael Street was laid out by Lewis Raphael who bought it from former owner Durs Egg’s heirs in 1838.

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Richmond Court, SW1X Richmond Court is a block on Sloane Street.

Richmond Court, SW1X

Roberts Mews, SW1X Roberts Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Roberts Mews, SW1X

Rotten Row, SW1X Rotten Row is a road in the SW1X postcode area

Rotten Row, SW1X

Seaford House, SW1X Seaford House is a block on Belgrave Square.

Seaford House, SW1X

Shelton House, SW1X Shelton House is a block on Sloane Street.

Shelton House, SW1X

Sloane Street, SW1X Sloane Street runs north to south, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, taking its name from Sir Hans Sloane, who purchased the surrounding area in 1712.

Sloane Street, SW1X

South Carriage Drive, SW1X South Carriage Drive is a road in the SW1X postcode area

South Carriage Drive, SW1X

St Saviours House, SW3 St Saviours House is a block on Walton Street.

St Saviours House, SW3

Stackhouse Street, SW1X Stackhouse Street is a road in the SW1X postcode area

Stackhouse Street, SW1X

Studio Place, SW1X Studio Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Studio Place, SW1X

Thorburn House, SW1X Thorburn House is a block on William Mews.

Thorburn House, SW1X

Upper Belgrave Street, SW1X Upper Belgrave Street was constructed in the 1840s to connect Belgrave Square with the King’s Road.

Upper Belgrave Street, SW1X

Walton Place, SW3 Walton Place is a location in London.

Walton Place, SW3

Wellington Court, SW1X Wellington Court is located on Knightsbridge.

Wellington Court, SW1X

West Halkin Street, SW1X West Halkin Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

West Halkin Street, SW1X

Whaddon House, SW1X Whaddon House is a block on William Mews.

Whaddon House, SW1X

William Mews, SW1X William Mews is a partially redeveloped, private Mews off Lowndes Square.

William Mews, SW1X

William Mews, SW1X A street within the SW1X postcode

William Mews, SW1X

William Street, SW1X William Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

William Street, SW1X

Wilton Mews, SW1X Wilton Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Wilton Mews, SW1X

Wilton Place, SW1X Wilton Place was built in 1825 to connect Belgravia with Knightsbridge.

Wilton Place, SW1X

Wilton Row, SW1X Wilton Row is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Wilton Row, SW1X

Wilton Street, SW1X Wilton Street was built in 1817.

Wilton Street, SW1X

Wilton Terrace, SW1X Wilton Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Wilton Terrace, SW1X

NEARBY PUBS

Pakenham Tavern The Pakenham Tavern was a pub on the western side of Knightsbridge Green.

Pakenham Tavern

Rose & Crown

Rose and Crown On the south side of the road, between Knightsbridge Green and Rutland Gate was the Rose and Crown.

Rose and Crown

The Gloucester

White Hart Inn The White Hart Inn stood opposite the Knightsbridge Leper Hospital on the bank of the Westbourne.

White Hart Inn

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Belgravia

Belgravia is an affluent area of Westminster, north of Victoria Station.

Belgravia - known as Five Fields during the Middle Ages - was developed in the early 19th century by Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster.

The area had begun to be built up after George III moved to Buckingham House (now Buckingham Palace) and constructed a row of houses on what is now Grosvenor Place. In the 1820s, Richard Grosvenor asked Thomas Cubitt to design numerous grand terraces centred on squares. Most of Belgravia was constructed over the next 30 years.

Belgravia has many grand terraces of white stucco houses, and is focused on two squares: Belgrave Square and Eaton Square.

Much of Belgravia is still owned by the Duke of Westminster’s Grosvenor Group.

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The Wellington Statue on the Arch in the 1850s Credit: Unknown TUM image id: 1515432472 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Exterior of the memorial in 2013. Credit: Tim Rademacher TUM image id: 1515433432 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Harrods Department Store frontage as viewed along Brompton Rd at night (2012) Credit: David Liff TUM image id: 1557150671 Licence:	Cadogan Hall (2017) Cadogan Hall is a former Scientology church which fell into disuse. Completed in 1907 to designs in the Byzantine Revival style, it became a concert hall in 2004. Credit: Wiki Commons/Paul the Archivist TUM image id: 1670597886 Licence:	Boscobel Oaks, 1804 TUM image id: 1487173198 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Wellington Arch photographed on 10 January 2017. Wellington Arch was built as an original entrance to Buckingham Palace, later becoming a victory arch proclaiming Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon. Crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Europe, it depicts the Angel of Peace descending on the ’Quadriga’ - or four-horsed chariot - of War. The pathway that runs underneath the arch has a formal name - Apsley Way. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1621590589 Licence:	Belgrave Square Credit: Thomas Shepherd TUM image id: 1586353394 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cadogan Place gardens, SW1. The northern garden was laid out by Humphry Repton in 1806. Repton laid out winding paths and created ridges and dips from excavated soil. Credit: Instagram/@the lois edit TUM image id: 1630936394 Licence:	Letter to Chuck Berry from Carl Sagan TUM image id: 1621596953 Licence:	Eaton Square Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1586358889 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Grosvenor Gardens Mews East TUM image id: 1544975168 Licence:	Hyde Park Corner in 1842, looking east towards Piccadilly. The entrance to Hyde Park through Decimus Burton’s Ionic Screen is on the left, and behind it, in darker stone, is Apsley House. TUM image id: 1515431312 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lennox Gardens (2015) Lennox Gardens was built in the Queen Anne style over the final remaining market garden south of Knightbridge in 1882. Credit: Wiki Commons/Spudgun67 TUM image id: 1670603830 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Lowndes Street, c. 1905. TUM image id: 1483984242 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The interior of St Simon Zelotes church, Milner Street, SW3 Credit: Geograph/John Salmon TUM image id: 1670606830 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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The Wellington Statue on the Arch in the 1850s
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Exterior of the memorial in 2013.
Credit: Tim Rademacher
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Cadogan Hall (2017) Cadogan Hall is a former Scientology church which fell into disuse. Completed in 1907 to designs in the Byzantine Revival style, it became a concert hall in 2004.
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Wellington Arch photographed on 10 January 2017. Wellington Arch was built as an original entrance to Buckingham Palace, later becoming a victory arch proclaiming Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon. Crowned by the largest bronze sculpture in Europe, it depicts the Angel of Peace descending on the ’Quadriga’ - or four-horsed chariot - of War. The pathway that runs underneath the arch has a formal name - Apsley Way.
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Belgrave Square
Credit: Thomas Shepherd
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Cadogan Place gardens, SW1. The northern garden was laid out by Humphry Repton in 1806. Repton laid out winding paths and created ridges and dips from excavated soil.
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Letter to Chuck Berry from Carl Sagan
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Eaton Square
Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map
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Hyde Park Corner in 1842, looking east towards Piccadilly. The entrance to Hyde Park through Decimus Burton’s Ionic Screen is on the left, and behind it, in darker stone, is Apsley House.
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Lowndes Street, c. 1905.
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