Egerton Gardens

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Egerton Gardens from Egerton Crescent, across the communal gardens

Egerton Gardens is a street and communal garden, regionally termed a garden square, in South Kensington, London SW3.

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Location

The street runs roughly south-west to north-east, off Brompton Road. Egerton Crescent, runs roughly off it, and Egerton Terrace crosses it. Historially for more than 800 years the area formed part of Brompton, parochially in the Church of England this is recognised by the name of its parish Holy Trinity Brompton . [1]

History

Much was built by Alexander Thorn, and the architect for most was probably Maurice Charles Hulbert. [2]

Notable houses include Mortimer House. [2]

The Franklin Hotel at 22-28 Egerton Gardens was created by combining four houses.

No 31 was designed by Thomas Henry Smith for Lieutenant-Colonel William Wetherly, but is now flats. [2]

Notable residents

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References

  1. Ecclesiastical parish map Holy Trinity, Brompton, The Church of England
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Survey of London - The Smith's Charity Estate: Brompton Road and Egerton Gardens area". Survey of London: Volume 41, Brompton. British History Online. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. Ronald Waterhouse (27 March 2013). Child of Another Century: Recollections of a High Court Judge. The Radcliffe Press. p. 94. ISBN   978-0-85773-314-6 . Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ‘STEPHENSON, Sir Guy’, in Who Was Who 1929–1940 (London: A. & C. Black, 1967 reprint; ISBN   0-7136-0171-X)
  5. Ruth Ellis. Virtual Museum – The History of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  6. John M. MacKenzie; John MacDonald MacKenzie (1997). The Empire of Nature: Hunting, Conservation and British Imperialism. Manchester University Press. p. 323. ISBN   978-0-7190-5227-9 . Retrieved 11 October 2017.

Coordinates: 51°29′47.13″N0°10′6.94″W / 51.4964250°N 0.1685944°W / 51.4964250; -0.1685944