Hyde Park Gardens, also known as Hyde Park Terrace consists of two roads running adjacent to the north western corner of

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. Number 1 Hyde Park Gardens runs up to Number 23 with a large private communal garden and then the road separates to allow access to The Ring and into

and the neighbouring

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. This section contains the High Commission of Sri Lanka. Numbers 24 to 31 continue on a private gated road also with their own communal gardens buffering them from the busy Bayswater Road. They are amongst the most exclusive properties on the northern side of

and date from the early 19th century. Grand white stucco fronted houses now converted into equally grand flats. Access is strictly controlled via 24-hour porterage. Hyde Park Gardens is listed Grade II in two groups on the

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, as 1–24, and 25–38 are jointly listed with 22-35 Stanhope Terrace. An early resident of 18 Hyde Park Gardens was Maria Drummond, widow of

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and the adopted daughter of Richard "Conversation" Sharp. Here is a description of a party that took place there on 18 March 1844: The library, designed by the architect

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, was said to be the most beautiful feature of this particular house, where Macaulay and

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were also welcome visitors, and a further description of the downstairs accommodation has also survived, as follows: Hyde Park Gardens Mews lies behind the houses and originally served as stables for Hyde Park Gardens.

Notable residents

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(1912–2012), museum curator and historian of jewellery, died at no. 31, four months after celebrating her 100th birthday. *The photographer Antony Beauchamp, son-in-law of

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, killed himself on 18 August 1957 by taking a

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overdose at his flat in Hyde Park Gardens. * William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke ( 1830 - 1911 ) who was a member of the

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family

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, and the 1st chairman of

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. His

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residence was at 25 Hyde Park Gardens.

References

External links

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