Chester Square

This article is about the garden square in London. For the garden square in Boston, see Chester Square (Boston).

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Chester Square
St Michael's Church, Chester Square

Chester Square is an elongated residential garden square[a] in London's Belgravia district. It was developed by the Grosvenor family, as were the nearby Belgrave and Eaton Square. The square is named after the city of Chester, the city nearest the Grosvenors' ancestral home of Eaton Hall.[1]

No.32 was used as a backdrop for video accompanying Morrissey's track "Suedehead".

The whole except No.s 80a, 81, 81a, 82, 83 and 83a (so No.s 1–13 and 14–23, 24–32, 37–39, 42–45, 45a, 45b, 65–76 and 77–80, 80a, and 84–88 and the Mews Arch) is listed Grade II for architectural merit.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

The (private, communal) gardens are Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[10][11]


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  1. ^ Walford, Edward (1878). 'The western suburbs: Belgravia', Old and New London. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  2. ^ Historic England, "1–13 Chester Square (1357284)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  3. ^ Historic England, "14–23 Chester Square (1219270)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  4. ^ Historic England, "24–32 Chester Square (1066274)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  5. ^ Historic England, "37–39 Chester Square (1066275)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  6. ^ Historic England, "42–45 Chester Square (1219286)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  7. ^ Historic England, "65–76 Chester Square (1219297)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  8. ^ Historic England, "Nos 77 to 80 (consec), 80a and Mews Arch, Chester Square (1066276)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  9. ^ Historic England, "84-88 Chester Square (1219312)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 February 2016
  10. ^ "Chester Square". London Gardens Online. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  11. ^ Historic England, "Chester Square (1001675)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 16 February 2016