Hampstead Square.7–9 Hampstead Square.Christ Church constructed in 1852.
Hampstead Square lies in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden.[1] It runs eastward off Heath Street and then curves southwards before Elm Row connects it again to Heath Street. It is linked by pedestrian access to Cannon Place.
Historically it was a garden square, featuring densely-packed buildings as opposed to the larger space-out houses on the edge of Hampstead Heath.[2] Many of the houses date back to the early eighteenth century when the area was booming due to the nearby Hampstead Wells spa.[3] It is marked on the 1762 map of Hampstead simply as The Square and its open space was used in the early nineteenth century by strolling players and the Victoria Tea Gardens.[4] The construction of Christ Church in 1852 by the architect Samuel Daukes turned it from a traditional square shape into a polygon.[5] The Hampstead Meeting House is also located in the square. Notable residents have included the writer Wilkie Collins and the married artists John Copley and Ethel Léontine Gabain.
