At 1.6 acres, Gloucester Square is the second largest garden in the Hyde Park Estate. The surrounding environs offer an eclectic mix of original Italianate white stucco townhouses, and more recent developments by 20th Century modernist architects.
Built between 1838 and 1843, Gloucester Square was the first garden square in London where some of the houses (16 of 48) were built to face a central garden to which they had direct access (Toplis, 1974). Original residents included the pre-eminent engineer Robert Stephenson, who lived and passed away at No.34.
Garden fully accessible
Access via the garden's north gate, which consists of a sloped ramp down to a compacted-gravel path. Two tables are directly accessible from the path with spaces for wheelchairs.
An elegant garden square surrounded by stucco-fronted houses dating from 1860. Moods range from more formal planting to naturalistic sections. Many unusual shrubs, trees and herbaceous perennials.
Beautiful Georgian Square facing the Wallace Collection. A fine collection of trees, shrubs and plants, first laid out in 1776-88, our major ongoing replanting programme began in 2006 and includes plants and shrubs relevant to Georgian London.
