# Eccleston Square

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{{Short description|Residential square in London, England}}
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thumb|Eccleston Square gardens, 2009
'''Eccleston Square''' is a square in [Pimlico](/source/Pimlico), London.

==History==
The square dates to the 1830s, an integral part of [Thomas Cubitt](/source/Thomas_Cubitt)'s planned design of "South Belgravia", which is now called Pimlico. Cubitt designed many of the houses on the square and built and leased Nos 1–3 in 1836 and Nos 4 and 5 in 1842 all of which are grade II listed with [English Heritage](/source/English_Heritage).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000802|title=Eccleston Square, Non Civil Parish - 1000802 &#124; Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}</ref> The land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate, who owned land in [Eccleston, Cheshire](/source/Eccleston%2C_Cheshire), from where it is thought the square takes its name.

The communal private gardens in the centre of the square are grade II listed with [English Heritage](/source/English_Heritage) since 1987, and open for the [National Gardens Scheme](/source/National_Gardens_Scheme) each year.<ref name="auto"/>

The [Buddhist Society](/source/Buddhist_Society) has been based at no.58 since 1956.

There are two [blue plaque](/source/blue_plaque)s in the square. The first is for [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill), who moved to Eccleston Square a year after marrying Clementine Hozier, and their first two children, Diana and Randolph, were born there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.housebeautiful.co.uk/lifestyle/property/news/a1362/winston-churchill-former-eccleston-square-home-to-rent/|title=Winston Churchill's former Eccleston Square home is now available to rent|first=Katie|last=Avis-Riordan|date=March 2, 2017|website=House Beautiful}}</ref>

The second blue plaque is for the conductor and orchestra reformer [Sir Michael Costa](/source/Michael_Costa_(conductor)), who lived at Wilton Court, 59 Eccleston Square, from 1857 to 1883.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/michael-costa/|title=Michael Costa &#124; Orchestra Reformer &#124; Blue Plaques|website=English Heritage}}</ref>

The [Eccleston Square Hotel](/source/Eccleston_Square_Hotel) is a grade II listed building at no.37.

== Notable residents ==

===Blue plaques===
*[Sir Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill), politician – lived at 33 Eccleston Square
*[Sir Michael Costa](/source/Michael_Costa_(conductor)), conductor and orchestra reformer – lived at Wilton Court, 59 Eccleston Square<ref name="auto1"/>

===Others===
*[Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton](/source/Douglas_Douglas-Hamilton%2C_14th_Duke_of_Hamilton), born at no.71
*[James Erskine (Conservative politician)](/source/James_Erskine_(Conservative_politician)), lived at no.7
*[Adolphus FitzGeorge](/source/Adolphus_FitzGeorge), admiral, died at no.20
*[Bertha Jane Grundy](/source/Bertha_Jane_Grundy), novelist, died in Eccleston Square in 1912
*[Alfred Hillier](/source/Alfred_Hillier), Conservative MP, died by suicide in 1911 in his home at no.20
*[Richard Hull (author)](/source/Richard_Hull_(author)), crime novelist, died at no.32 in 1973
*Field Marshal [Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_William_Robertson%2C_1st_Baronet), Chief of the Imperial General Staff 
*[Harold Rutland](/source/Harold_Rutland), music critic, lived at no.27 in the 1960s and 1970s
*[Patrick Swift](/source/Patrick_Swift), Irish artist
*[William Watson-Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong](/source/William_Watson-Armstrong%2C_1st_Baron_Armstrong), born at no.65
*[Humbert Wolfe](/source/Humbert_Wolfe), poet, died at no.75

==References==
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Category:Squares in the City of Westminster
Category:Pimlico

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