Eccleston Square
The square dates to the 1830s, integral part of Thomas Cubitt's planned design of Pimlico, and he designed many of the houses.[1] The land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate, who owned land in Eccleston, Cheshire.
Eccleston Square is a square in Pimlico, London.
The communal private gardens in the centre of the square are grade II listed with English Heritage since 1987.[1]
The Buddhist Society has been based at no.58 since 1956.
There are two blue plaques in the square. The first is for Winston Churchill, who moved to Eccleston Square a year after marrying Clementine Hozier, and their first two children, Diana and Randolph, were born there.[2]
The second blue plaque is for the conductor and orchestra reformer Sir Michael Costa, who lived at Wilton Court, 59 Eccleston Square, from 1857 to 1883.[3]
The Eccleston Square Hotel is a grade II listed building at no.37.
Notable residents
Blue plaques
- Sir Winston Churchill, politician – lived at 33 Eccleston Square
- Sir Michael Costa, conductor and orchestra reformer – lived at Wilton Court, 59 Eccleston Square[4]
Others
- Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, born 71 Eccleston Square
- James Erskine (Conservative politician), lived at no.7
- Adolphus FitzGeorge, admiral, died at no.20
- Bertha Jane Grundy, novelist, died in Eccleston Square in 1912
- Alfred Hillier, Conservative MP, committed suicide in 1911 in his home at 20 Eccleston Square
- Richard Hull (author), crime novelist, died at no.32 in 1973
- Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- Patrick Swift, Irish artist
- William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, born at 65 Eccleston Square
- Humbert Wolfe, poet, died at no.75
References
- "Eccleston Square, Non Civil Parish - 1000802 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
- Avis-Riordan, Katie (March 2, 2017). "Winston Churchill's former Eccleston Square home is now available to rent". House Beautiful.
- https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/michael-costa/
- https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/michael-costa/