102 Eaton Square is a
Grade II* listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
house in
Eaton Square
Eaton Square is a rectangular, residential garden square in London's Belgravia district. It is the largest square in London. It is one of the three squares built by the landowning Grosvenor family when they developed the main part of Belgravia ...
,
Belgravia
Belgravia () is a Districts of London, district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of both the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' Tudor Period, during the ...
, central London.
Until 2016, it was home to the
Instituto Cervantes
Instituto Cervantes (the Cervantes Institute) is a worldwide nonprofit organization created by the government of Spain, Spanish government in 1991. It is named after Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), the author of ''Don Quixote'' and perhaps the ...
of London, the Spanish cultural centre, now relocated to 15–19
Devereux Court
Devereux Court is a street in the City of Westminster that runs from Strand in the north to Essex Street in the south. It is entirely pedestrianised.
The street is named after Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl ...
,
the Strand. In July 2014, it was reported to have been bought by the Russian billionaire
Andrey Goncharenko
Andrey Nikolaevich Goncharenko ( rus, Андрей Николаевич Гончаренко) is a Russian billionaire businessman, the CEO of a Gazprom subsidiary, and the owner of four central London houses bought for a total of £250 millio ...
, using an offshore company, for £15 million.
[ In January 2017, squatters from the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians (ANAL) occupied 102 Eaton Square, which had been empty, and opened it as a "homeless shelter".]
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Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster
Grade II* listed houses in London
Belgravia
Houses in the City of Westminster
Thomas Cubitt buildings
Squats in the United Kingdom