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Brompton Square

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In the late 19th century the Brompton district was very popular with actors, and Brompton Square was at some point home to the performers
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commemorates Place's residency. It had previously been the home of the Italian conductor Ernesto Spagnoletti between 1829 and 1833.
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Brompton Square Gardens, 2007, private gardens in the centre of the square for the use of residents
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No. 27 was used from 1861 (along with No. 48) as a convent and convalescent home by the
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Grade II listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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forms part of 31 Brompton Square and is listed as 36 Ennismore Gardens.
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London Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions
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Henry Benjamin Wheatley; Peter Cunningham (24 February 2011).
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The initial development of the square was undertaken by
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Brompton Square (centre) on an 1860s Ordnance Survey map
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commemorates this. It is the setting for his 1927 book
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Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Squares in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Many of the houses that surround Brompton Square are
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Index


Brompton
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

James Bonnin

Grade II listed
National Heritage List for England
doric
portico

Stéphane Mallarmé
blue plaque
Sir John Stoddart
Edward Fitzwilliam
Francis Place
Louisa Chatterley
blue plaque
George Colman
Shirley Brooks
Punch
William Farren
E. F. Benson
blue plaque
Lucia in London
Nursing Sisters of the Church of England
William Kennedy Dickson
Gavin Henderson, 2nd Baron Faringdon
Achilleas Kallakis
William Hook Morley

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