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designed most of the houses. Lowndes Court, a classical apartment block, takes up the south side bar No. 34 (former Nos. 28–33); the north side (former No. 50 and possibly higher) is the Park Tower (Hotel), which fronts Knightsbridge, an arterial road on the other side.
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status for most of the buildings means the façades and exterior structure above ground must remain little changed. Nos. 11 and 12 have higher, main statutory-level protection.
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Its houses are valued in excess of £10 million and so are mainly internally converted into apartments, some of which are multi-level. Locally
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The square has the highest percentage of highly anonymous (shell company) ownership in the UK, accounting for 40% of the houses.
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of light stucco houses, cream or white. The length of the central rectangular garden is parallel with
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The private communal garden is 0.4009 hectares (0.991 acres) and contains
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to the west; visible from the north-west corner is a corner of the
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Lowndes Street where it enters Lowndes Square (trees to the right)
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Squares in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Belgravia
London
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Sloane Street
Harvey Nichols
Knightsbridge tube station
Chelsea
Knightsbridge
listed building
Belgrave Square
George Basevi
Pakistan High Commission

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garden squares
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