Edwardes Square Explained

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.

Gardens

The communal gardens were laid out in 1820 and are 1.215ha in size. The gardens are Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. They are not open to the public.^[1]

Notable 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 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.

References

51.4972°N -0.2007°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edwardes Square. London Gardens Online. 4 February 2016. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419100553/http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=KAC061. dead.