Edwardes Square is a

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Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

, London, W8. The square was built between 1811 and 1820. 1–23 and 25–48 Edwardes Square are listed

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for their architectural merit.

Gardens

The communal gardens were laid out in 1820 and are in size. The gardens are Grade II* listed on the

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. They are not open to the public.

Notable residents

* No. 1: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) resided here for a brief period after his marriage to Frances in 1901 * No. 11: the London home of the author and humanist

Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (6 August 1862 – 3 August 1932), known as Goldie, was a British political scientist and philosopher. He lived most of his life at Cambridge, where he wrote a dissertation on Neoplatonism before becoming a fellow. H ...

(1862–1932). * No 16: Sir Roger Bannister (the first man to break the four minute mile) lived here. * No 19: the Italian poet

Ugo Foscolo Ugo Foscolo (; 6 February 177810 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and a poet. He is especially remembered for his 1807 long poem ''Dei Sepolcri''. Early life Foscolo was born in Zakynthos in the Io ...

lived here between 1817 and 1818. * No 27: Comedian

Frankie Howerd Francis Alick Howard (6 March 1917 – 19 April 1992), better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian. Early life Howerd was born the son of soldier Francis Alfred William (1887–1934)England & Wales, Deat ...

lived here from 1966 until his death in 1992. * No 59: **Artist

Frank Cadogan Cowper Frank Cadogan Cowper (16 October 1877 – 17 November 1958)"Obituary: Fran ...

lived here in Studio 2, between 1909 and 1924. **Pianist and composer

Helen Pyke Helen Pyke (June, 1905 – 13 July 1954) (full name Helen Lucas Pyke) was an English pianist, teacher and composer, born in Paddington, London. She was educated at the London Academy of Music under Yorke Trotter and Horace Kesteven. She compose ...

lived here in Studio 4, in the mid-1930s. The

Scarsdale Tavern The Scarsdale Tavern is a public house at 23a Edwardes Square, Kensington, London W8 6HE. It won the Evening Standard Pub of the Year award in 1989. Writing in 2010, The Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Stand ...

is a

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at no. 23A.

References

1820 establishments in England Garden squares in London Grade II listed houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Grade II* listed parks and gardens in London Houses completed in 1820 Kensington Squares in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Communal gardens {{London-geo-stub