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Berkeley Square Berkeley Square in 1830. Berkeley Square in 2005. Berkeley Square is a town square in the West End of London in the City of Westminster, originally laid out in the mid 18th century by architect William Kent. It is named after the noble Gloucestershire family of the same name whose London home, Berkeley House, which had stood nearby until 1733 and which had served as their London residence when they were away from their ancestral Gloucestershire home Berkeley Castle. Berkeley Square is a mostly residential enclave inhabited almost exclusively by residents who are typically extremely
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Berkeley Square
Berkeley Square in 1830.
Berkeley Square in 2005.
Berkeley Square is a town square in the West End of London in the City of Westminster, originally laid out in the mid 18th century by architect William Kent. It is named after the noble Gloucestershire family of the same name whose London home, Berkeley House, which had stood nearby until 1733 and which had served as their London residence when they were away from their ancestral Gloucestershire home Berkeley Castle.
Berkeley Square is a mostly residential enclave inhabited almost exclusively by residents who are typically extremely well-to-do and some even of titled or peeraged gentry. A residence in Berkeley Square is highly sought after, and residences do not come up on the market very often. The limited supply and great demand has created a market where a residence in Berkeley Square commands higher-than-usual prices on the realty market compared to similar residences, even in other affluent neighborhoods.
The square features a statue by Alexander Munro, a Pre-Raphaelite sculptor, made in 1858. The surrounding London Plane trees are among the oldest in central London, planted in 1789. Gunter's Tea Shop, founded under a different name in 1757, is also located in Berkeley Square.
The buildings around the square include several by other notable architects including Robert Adam, who designed Lansdowne House (since 1935 home of the Lansdowne Club) in the south-west corner of the square.
50 Berkeley Square is the most infamous haunted house in London. The house is currently occupied by Maggs Brothers Antiquarian Booksellers.[1]
Residents of Berkeley Square have included:
George Canning, UK Prime Minister (1827) — at no. 50 Winston Churchill lived at no.48 as a child Robert Clive of India — bought no. 45 in 1761 and committed suicide
there in 1774. A famous fictional resident of Berkeley Square is P G Wodehouse's
character Bertie Wooster who lives in a flat there along with his Valet Jeeves, not far from the Drones Club
External links Berkeley Square, Mayfair London business directory UKLI Berkeley Square, Mayfair London Local hotels, Shops in Berkeley Square 50 Berkeley Square - Haunted House Berkeley Castle website
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