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Manchester Square, part of the Portman Estate. The Portman Estate, covering 110 acres of Marylebone in London’s West End, was founded in 1532 when the land was first leased to Sir William Portman. [1] The Portman Estate also has two rural estates in Buckinghamshire and Herefordshire. [2]
Pages in category "Portman estate" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... Manchester Square; Mandeville Place, London; Montagu House ...
Manchester Square in the 1790s Hertford House, home of the Wallace Collection, viewed from the gardens in Manchester Square. Manchester Square is an 18th-century garden square in Marylebone, London. Centred 950 feet (290 m) north of Oxford Street it measures 300 feet (91 m) internally north-to-south, and 280 feet (85 m) across.
The houses are on the east side of the street on the corner with Duke's Mews. They were built around 1776–1788 when the Duke of Manchester developed Manchester Square on Portman Estate land. Built of stock brick with slate roofs, they later had shop fronts added which were altered in the Victorian period. [1]
Portman Square is a garden square in Marylebone, central London, surrounded by townhouses. It was specifically for private housing let on long leases having a ground rent by the Portman Estate , which owns the private communal gardens.
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Manchester Square is located beyond the southern end of the street. It is part of the Portman Estate and dates back to the eighteenth century. Historically it was known as East Street, with the name changing in 1937. Until the second half of the nineteenth century it didn't run as far north as the Marylebone Road, with the short David Street ...
It crosses a number of streets including Seymour Place, Gloucester Place, Manchester Street and Baker Street. It is named after George III who was on the throne when the street was first laid out in the eighteenth century. [1] The area is part of the old Portman Estate which was