Edwardes Square
Garden square in Kensington, London, England
Edwardes Square is a garden square in Kensington, London, W8. The square was built between 1811 and 1820. 1-23 and 25-48 Edwardes Square are listed Grade II for their architectural merit.
01Gardens
The communal gardens were laid out in 1820 and are 1.215 hectares (3.00 acres) in size. The gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, and are maintained under the Kensington Improvement Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict. c. cxvi). They are not open to the public.
02Notable residents
- No. 1: G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) resided here for a brief period after his marriage to Frances in 1901
- No. 11: the London home of the author and humanist Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862-1932).
- No. 15: Agostino Agliothe, Italian artist and decorator, lived here between 1814 and 1820.
- No 16: Sir Roger Bannister (the first man to break the four minute mile) lived here.
- No 19: the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo lived here between 1817 and 1818.
- No 27: Comedian Frankie Howerd lived here from 1966 until his death in 1992.
- No 59:
- Artist Frank Cadogan Cowper lived here in Studio 2, between 1909 and 1924.
- Pianist and composer Helen Pyke lived here in Studio 4, in the mid-1930s.
The Scarsdale Tavern is a pub at no. 23A.
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