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840 feet by 150 feet plus three short approach ways, one of which has extreme numbers 82 to 88 opposing 80a to 81a. The landmark square including roads thus measures 2.89 acres (building to building), of which the green area is 1.25 acres less bisecting Eccleston Street (0.07 between the
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Major Conrad Norman, Senior Gunnery Officer Royal Artillery Woolwich, Dunkirk survivor, officer in charge of British coastal gun emplacements in the Second World War, lived at No. 56 from 1946 until 1951
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magazine criticised the opening, saying it was "an attempt - but happily a most unsuccessful one - to find a Protestant development of the Christian styles". The church is in the late
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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
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This article is about the garden square in London. For the garden square in Boston, see
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was built in 1844 along with the rest of the square, and consecrated two years later.
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medical department, lived at No. 72 until his death in 1868
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The (private, communal) gardens are Grade II listed on the
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Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
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No.32 was used as a backdrop for video accompanying
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Chester Square (Boston)
51°29′43″N 0°8′59″W / 51.49528°N 0.14972°W / 51.49528; -0.14972


London
Belgravia
Grosvenor family
Belgrave
Eaton Square
Chester
Eaton Hall
Morrissey
Suedehead
Grade II
Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
Anglican
church of Saint Michael in Chester Square
The Ecclesiologist
Decorated Gothic
Kentish Ragstone
Thomas Cundy
Roman Abramovich
Russian oligarch
Chelsea FC
Matthew Arnold
Tony Curtis
The Persuaders!
Blake Edwards
Julie Andrews
George II

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