Garden square in Brompton, London
Brompton Square is a garden square in London's Brompton district, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
History.
The initial development of the square was undertaken by James Bonnin in 1821.
Listed buildings.
Many of the houses that surround Brompton Square are Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. The individual listed houses on the square are 27, 31a, 56, 57 and 58. The houses listed in groups and pairs are 3–9, 10–12, 13–16, 17–19, 20–25, 28–31, 32–36, 37–53, 54–55 and 59–60. A stuccoed doric portico forms part of 31 Brompton Square and is listed as 36 Ennismore Gardens.
Notable residents.
Notable residents have included:
Mary Melissa Hoadley Dodge, the American heiress, lived there. The writer on natural history Mary Roberts lived and died there. The engineer Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson was born there in 1827.
William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse, the Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace killed in action during the Battle of Britain, was born there in 1914. Robin Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, was born there in 1929.
In the late 19th century the Brompton district was very popular with actors, and Brompton Square was at some point home to the performers John Liston (No. 40), Mary and Robert Keeley (No. 19), J. B. Buckstone (No. 6) and Horace and Alfred Wigan.
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External links.
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