Berkeley Square is close to Park Street in the

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area of

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. It was laid out around 1790 in

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style with a central grass area behind railings, by

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and

William Paty William Paty (1758 – 11 December 1800) was a British surveyor, architect and mason working mainly in Bristol. Life He was the son of Thomas Paty of Bristol a monumental mason and architect, and followed in his shoes. He trained at the ...

. Numbers 12-18 were damaged during the

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and were rebuilt to maintain the same facade. Many of the buildings are now owned and used by the

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. These include the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) and Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI). Others are hotels and offices. Number 24 was used as the main exterior in the BBC television drama

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Notable residents

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Kt (1852-1932), who was a member of the

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tobacco family, &

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in 1911, resided at Nos 15/16 Berkeley Square (now The Berkeley Square Hotel). *

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(1762-1854) who was a sugar merchant, and known as the 'King of Bristol' for his omnipotence in Bristol's civic life for over 50 years, lived at No 20 Berkeley Square from the early 1800s until his death (now th
University and Literary Club

Architecture

Many of the buildings now have grade II* listed building status. * Nos.1-8 * Nos.11-19 * Nos 20-30

High Cross

The statue in the gardens is a replica of the

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which was erected in the city in 1373 honouring various British monarchs, and moved to

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in 1733. The statue was given in 1768 to

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gardens and can be seen there today. The current statue is a replica which was originally sited on

was made by John Norton in 1851 and removed in the late 1940s. The Bristol Civic Society purchased the remains in 1950 and re-erected the truncated remains seen today in Berkeley Square.

References

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