Sussex Square is a

garden square A garden square is a type of communal garden in an urban area wholly or substantially surrounded by buildings; commonly, it continues to be applied to public and private parks formed after such a garden becomes accessible to the public at large. T ...

Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Padd ...

in Central London. Located in the City of Westminster, 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 Hyde Park. 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

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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 Sussex Gardens is located in Paddington in Central London. It is a street that runs runs westwards from the Edgeware Road, for most of the way as a broad avenue until it reaches an area near Lancaster Gate where it becomes a garden square. P ...

and Sussex Place, it takes its name from the title of the

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, younger brother of

George IV George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten y ...

and

William IV William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...

Mews A mews is a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential ...

streets are located on two sides of the square. While Sussex Mews East features modern buildings except for the Grade II listed Sussex Cottage, the design of Sussex Mews West retains the original style intact.

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

, the future

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, lived at 2 Sussex Square in the early 1920s. A blue plaque commemorates the site where Churchill once lived,Sumeray & Sheppard p.39 although the original house was subsequently demolished. Other former residents include Lord Coleridge, the

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in the late

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References

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