Garden square in South Kensington, London
Egerton Gardens from Egerton Crescent, across the communal gardens Egerton Gardens is a street and communal garden, regionally termed a garden square , in South Kensington , London SW3 .
Location
The street runs roughly south-west to north-east, off Brompton Road . Egerton Crescent , runs roughly off it, and Egerton Terrace crosses it. Historially for more than 800 years the area formed part of Brompton , parochially in the Church of England this is recognised by the name of its parish Holy Trinity Brompton [ 1]
History
Much was built by Alexander Thorn, and the architect for most was probably Maurice Charles Hulbert .[ 2]
Notable houses include Mortimer House .[ 2]
The Franklin Hotel at 22-28 Egerton Gardens was created by combining four houses.
No 31 was designed by Thomas Henry Smith for Lieutenant-Colonel William Wetherly, but is now flats.[ 2]
Notable residents
No 1 Admiral Sir Michael Seymour .[ 2]
No 17 Major-General Charles Edmund Webber , the street's first occupant, in 1887.[ 2]
No 31 Sir Ronald Waterhouse , judge, lived in a flat there from 1957 to 1958.[ 3]
No 38 William Romilly, 2nd Baron Romilly , who died in a fire there with two servants in 1891.[ 2]
No 41 Sir Guy Stephenson , barrister , until his death in 1930.[ 4]
No.44 Ruth Ellis , the last woman to be hanged in Britain, lived in a bed-sitting room there in 1955.[ 5]
No 49 Valentine Browne, 5th Earl of Kenmare in 1907 (at least)[ 6]
No 53 Florence Tyzack Parbury , socialite, author, musician, painter and traveller
References
51°29′47.13″N 0°10′6.94″W / 51.4964250°N 0.1685944°W / 51.4964250; -0.1685944
