The freehold property on which the square is built was owned by
Frederick, Baron von Zandt of
Würzburg, Germany, and after his death was developed in 1844 by his widow,
Elizabeth Standerwick, of
Ovington House in Hampshire.[1] The houses surrounding the green were built from 1844 to 1850 by W.W. Pocock.[2]
The south side of the square, 1–35, and number 34 on the north side are
grade II listed, as are 37–43 and 36–42 on the road into the square.[2][3][4][5][6]
The green itself was secured soon after development, protected under the 1851 Garden Square Act[which?] and maintained under the
Kensington Improvement Act 1851 (
14 & 15 Vict. c. cxvi). Responsibility for the garden passed to trustees following a settlement made by Sir John Swinnerton Dyer in 1912.[7]
The six-storey apartment building #22–26 was built in 1957, and the architect was
Walter Segal.[10]Pevsner called it "a Morris Traveller parked among grander saloons".[10] In the 1990s, the
Twentieth Century Society recommended it for
listed building status, but this was rejected.[10]
The freehold property on which the square is built was owned by
Frederick, Baron von Zandt of
Würzburg, Germany, and after his death was developed in 1844 by his widow,
Elizabeth Standerwick, of
Ovington House in Hampshire.[1] The houses surrounding the green were built from 1844 to 1850 by W.W. Pocock.[2]
The south side of the square, 1–35, and number 34 on the north side are
grade II listed, as are 37–43 and 36–42 on the road into the square.[2][3][4][5][6]
The green itself was secured soon after development, protected under the 1851 Garden Square Act[which?] and maintained under the
Kensington Improvement Act 1851 (
14 & 15 Vict. c. cxvi). Responsibility for the garden passed to trustees following a settlement made by Sir John Swinnerton Dyer in 1912.[7]
The six-storey apartment building #22–26 was built in 1957, and the architect was
Walter Segal.[10]Pevsner called it "a Morris Traveller parked among grander saloons".[10] In the 1990s, the
Twentieth Century Society recommended it for
listed building status, but this was rejected.[10]