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Dorset Square. Dorset Square is a garden square in Marylebone, London. All buildings fronting it are terraced houses and listed, in the mainstream (initial) category. It takes up the site of Lord's (MCC's) Old Cricket Ground, which lasted 23 years until the 1811 season. Internally it spans 100,000 square feet (9,290 m 2).
The Clarence Gate Mansions were built between 1905 and 1910 to the east of Dorset Square, alongside The Regent's Park's Clarence Gate.In 1978, following consultations by the City of Westminster, they became part of the protected Dorset Square Conservation Area [1] together with the Grade II* listed church St Cyprian’s, the Art Deco tower of Abbey House, the Rudolf Steiner House and Hall, and ...
28 Dorset Square Marylebone NW1 6QG 1963 () 2246 : George Grossmith, Jr. (1874–1935) "ACTOR-MANAGER lived here" 3 Spanish Place Marylebone W1U 3HX 1963 () 2128 : A second blue plaque on the building commemorates Frederick Marryat. [18] George Grote (1794–1871) "Historian Died Here" 12 Savile Row Mayfair W1S 3PS 1905 () 4270 : Lord Haldane
Dorset House occupies an entire block and is listed at the addresses of 128-130 Gloucester Place, 148-168 Marylebone Road, 1-9 Glentworth Street and 31-37 Melcombe Street. [1] It was designed by the architects T P Bennett and Son under the architect Joseph Emberton for the property developer Claude Leigh. It was completed in 1935.
Marylebone was an Ancient Parish formed to serve the manors (landholdings) of Lileston (in the west, which gives its name to modern Lisson Grove) and Tyburn in the east. The parish is likely to have been in place since at least the twelfth century and will have used the boundaries of the pre-existing manors.
Postcode district NW1 is central to London, with the NW2–11 postcode districts radiating outwards to the northwest. The boundaries of the area and its numbered districts have changed over time and are the result of the working requirements of Royal Mail. They are not tied to those of the local authority areas served; consequently a locality ...
St. James's Square, c. 1722 Fitzroy Square. Squares have long been a feature of London and come in numerous identifiable forms. The landscaping spectrum of squares stretches from those with more hardscape, constituting town squares (also known as city squares)—to those with communal gardens, for which London is a major international exponent, known as garden squares.
The building overlooks Dorset Square, the original home of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), and Lord's cricket ground is a walkable distance, perhaps 20 minutes, away. The London Business School , adjacent to nearby Regent's Park, has leased and refurbished the former Westminster City Council building directly opposite Marathon House.