Connaught Square
Connaught Square, London — predominantly four-storey terraced houses surrounding a private communal garden planted with mature trees, shrubs and flower beds. | |
| Namesake | Earl of Connaught |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | (1) Westminster City Council (2) building owners as to the garden |
| Length | 400 ft (120 m)(internally) |
| Width | 186 feet |
| Addresses | 1-22A; 23-30; 32; 34-45; 47 (44 buildings, built as large homes, some subdivided) |
| Location | City of Westminster, London |
| Postal code | W2 |
| Nearest Tube station | Marble Arch |
| Coordinates | 51°30′52″N 0°9′50″W / 51.51444°N 0.16389°W |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 1828 |
| Other | |
| Known for | Former London home of leading politician Tony Blair and his wife Cherie. |
| Status | Existing |
Connaught Square in London, England, was the first square of city houses to be built in Bayswater. It is named after a royal, the Earl of Connaught who was from 1805 until death in 1834 the second and last Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and who maintained his fringe-of-London house and grounds on the land of this square and Gloucester Square. Its appearance is essentially the same as in the 1820s. Its south-east is 115 metres north of Hyde Park and the same west of Edgware Road. This point is 302 m (991 ft) WNW of Marble Arch, which sits on a very large green roundabout (including sculptures and public fountains) marking the western end of Oxford Street. Connaught Street runs along is northern end.