23-47 Grosvenor Gardens (geograph 4769282)

The Rifle Brigade Memorial, Grosvenor Gardens, Westminster

Grosvenor Gardens is the name given to two triangular parks in

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, faced on their western and eastern sides by streets of the same name. Both roads run roughly north to south from Hobart Place and

Grosvenor Place Grosvenor Place is a street in Belgravia, London, running from Hyde Park Corner down the west side of Buckingham Palace gardens, and joining lower Grosvenor Place where there are some cafes and restaurants. It joins Grosvenor Gardens to the ...

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, and is entirely the A3215. Notable buildings include the Grade II-listed Grosvenor Gardens House at Nos. 23–47, built in about 1868 by the architect

Thomas Cundy III Thomas Cundy III ( Thomas de Candie, 17 October 1821 – 4 November 1895) was a British architect. He joined his father's practice in the 1840s and was also surveyor of the Grosvenor Estate, London. He retired from that post in 1890, and was s ...

in the

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style. The

Rifle Brigade War Memorial The Rifle Brigade War Memorial in London commemorates the service of the Rifle Brigade in the First and Second World Wars. It stands at the junction of Grosvenor Gardens and Hobart Place near Victoria Station in the City of Westminster, on lan ...

commemorates the service of the

Rifle Brigade The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...

in the First and Second World Wars. It stands at the junction of Grosvenor Gardens and Hobart Place, on land donated by the 2nd Duke of Westminster. The shell-covered huts in the southern garden were part of a redesign of the park by Jean Moreux, architect-in-chief of the

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, in 1952. The ''fabrique'' style buildings are covered with shells from England and France, and are used to store gardening equipment. The northern garden contains the sculpture '' Lioness and Lesser Kudu'' by

Jonathan Kenworthy Jonathan Martin Kenworthy (born 23 June 1943 in Windermere, Westmorland) is a British sculptor and Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Biography Aged eleven Kenworthy attended the Royal College of Art in London under the tutelage ...

, installed in 2000.

Notable residents

William Henry Blackmore William Henry Blackmore (2 August 1827 – 12 April 1878) was an English lawyer who gained a fortune by exploiting a large social network as an investment promoter. He used his fortune for philanthropy, primarily centred on his interest in Native ...

(1827–1878), killed himself in his study at

Belgrave Mansions Grosvenor Gardens House is a Grade II-listed mansion block at 23–47 Grosvenor Gardens, London, Grosvenor Gardens, Belgravia, London. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother may have been born there in 1900. David Niven was born there in 1910, and Will ...

, Grosvenor Gardens *

Henry Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (11 February 1835 – 24 September 1911) Henry Cornwallis Eliot was born in London on 11 February 1835 to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans and his wife Jemima née Cornwallis (24 ...

(1835–1911), lived at No. 13 *

John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans, MC (11 June 1890 – 22 March 1922) was a British aristocrat. St Germans was born at 13 Grosvenor Gardens, London to Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans (11 February 1835 – 24 ...

(1890–1922), born and lived at No. 13 *

Thomas Forbes Thomas Forbes (30 November 1900 – 31 January 1988) was an English poet and painter. He is considered part of the Post-Aesthetic Movement. Birth and early life Born in Paris, he was the eldest of three to Robert Forbes and Amelie Racin ...

(1900–1988), grew up at No. 15 *

Augustus Pitt Rivers Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (14 April 18274 May 1900) was an English officer in the British Army, ethnologist, and archaeologist. He was noted for innovations in archaeological methodology, and in the museum display o ...

(1827–1900), lived at No. 4, commemorated with a

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F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, (12 July 1872 – 30 September 1930), known as F. E. Smith, was a British Conservative politician and barrister who attained high office in the early 20th century, in particular as Lord High Chan ...

(1872–1930), lived at No. 32, commemorated with a

References

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