Inventory Site Record

Chesham Place is a well-tended triangular garden square laid out in 1831 on land belonging to the Lowndes family. The private garden is overlooked by a row of C19th terraced houses built by Thomas Cubitt that are integral to the original layout. The railings of the square were replaced with wire netting in the C20th. The garden, described in 1928 as 'an attractive ornamental garden', comprises a central lawn with shrubberies of camellias and rhododendrons at the margins.

Site location:

Chesham Place, Belgravia

Postcode:

SW1

What 3 Words:

ripe.broker.recent

Type of site:

Garden Square

Borough:

Westminster

Open to public?

No

Opening times:

private, open to keyholders only

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Events:

Public transport:

Tube: Sloane Square (District, Circle)

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Research updated:

01/11/2007

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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The bronze statue, 'Great Flora L' (1978) by German sculptor Fritz Koenig was installed outside the extension to the German Embassy in Chatham Place designed by architects Walther and Bea Betz, 1979.

Sources consulted:

Harold Clunn, the Face of London (c1950), pp.386-87; Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert, 'The London Encyclopaedia' (Macmillan, revised ed. 1993), p.149, Pevsner, vol. 1, p. 556; Report of the Royal Commission on London Squares, 1928

Grid ref:

TQ281792 (528123,179209)

Size in hectares:

c.0.15

Site ownership:

Private

Site management:

Date(s):

1831

Designer(s):

Listed structures:

LBII: Mews arch to the end of Belgrave Mews West, 7 - 14, 29-37 & 38 Chesham Place

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

Yes

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

No

In Conservation Area:

Yes

Conservation Area name:

Belgravia

Tree Preservation Order:

No

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

No

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

No

Other LA designation:

None

Chesham Place - Photo: Colin Wing
Date taken: 18/05/21 11:35

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