Sussex Square is a

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in Paddington in

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. Located in the

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, it is part of the

Tyburnia Tyburnia, a part of Paddington in London, originally developed following an 1824 masterplan drawn up by Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1753-1827) to redevelop the historic lands of the Bishop of London, known as the Tyburn Estate, into a residential area ...

area north of

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. Stanhope Terrace runs along its southern side. Tyburnia was developed in the first half of the nineteenth century, providing upmarket residential streets and squares for the expanding population of London. Although planned and laid out some years earlier, construction on Sussex Square did not commence until 1840. While many other streets in the area feature white stuccoed buildings that once would have been commonplace on Sussex Square, it was heavily redeveloped in the twentieth century. The square now features no buildings older than 1933. Like the nearby Sussex Gardens and Sussex Place, it takes its name from the title of the Duke of Sussex, younger brother of George IV and William IV. Mews streets are located on two sides of the square. While Sussex Mews East features modern buildings except for the

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Sussex Cottage, the design of Sussex Mews West retains the original style intact.

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, the future Prime Minister, lived at 2 Sussex Square in the early 1920s. A

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commemorates the site where Churchill once lived,Sumeray & Sheppard p.39 although the original house was subsequently demolished. Other former residents include

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, the Lord Chief Justice in the late Victorian era.

References

Bibliography

* Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. ''London 3: North West''. Yale University Press, 2002. * Ponting, Clive. ''Churchill''. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. * Sumeray, Derek & Sheppard, John.''London Plaques''. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011. * Rosen, Barbara & Zuckermann, Wolfgang. ''The Mews of London: A Guide to the Hidden Byways of London's Past''. Webb & Bower, 1982. Streets in the City of Westminster Paddington Tyburnia Squares in the City of Westminster {{London-road-stub