# Torrington Square

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View of Torrington Square.

[Armillary sphere](/source/Armillary_sphere) [sundial](/source/Sundial) outside [Birkbeck College](/source/Birkbeck_College) in Torrington Square, unveiled on 12 June 2008 by [Princess Anne](/source/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal) to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the [University of London](/source/University_of_London) External System.

**Torrington Square** is a square in [Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury), owned by the [University of London](/source/University_of_London), located in central [London, England.](/source/London)[1] Today, the square is largely non-residential since most of the houses have been demolished by the university. The southern end of the square is dominated by the University of London's [Senate House](/source/Senate_House_(University_of_London)). [Birkbeck College](/source/Birkbeck_College) and the [School of Oriental and African Studies](/source/School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies) (SOAS) are also located here. To the southwest is [Malet Street](/source/Malet_Street) and to the southeast is [Russell Square](/source/Russell_Square). The square is the site of a weekly [farmers' market](/source/Farmers'_market), held on Thursdays.[2]

## Notable people

[John Desmond Bernal](/source/John_Desmond_Bernal) lived in a flat at the top of no. 22. In November 1950, [Pablo Picasso](/source/Pablo_Picasso), a fellow communist, en route to a Soviet-sponsored[3] World Peace Congress in Sheffield created a mural in Bernal's flat.[4] In 2007, this became part of the [Wellcome Trust's collection](/source/Wellcome_Collection)[5][6] for £250,000. It was displayed at the 2012 [Tate Britain](/source/Tate_Britain) exhibition on *Picasso and Modern British Art*.[7] The poet [Christina Rossetti](/source/Christina_Rossetti) lived at 30 Torrington Square until her death here on 29 December 1894 from breast cancer.[8]

## See also

Other squares on the [Bedford Estate](/source/Bedford_Estate) in Bloomsbury included:

- [Bedford Square](/source/Bedford_Square)

- [Bloomsbury Square](/source/Bloomsbury_Square)

- [Gordon Square](/source/Gordon_Square)

- [Russell Square](/source/Russell_Square)

- [Tavistock Square](/source/Tavistock_Square)

- [Woburn Square](/source/Woburn_Square)

## Bibliography

- [Rasmussen, Sten Eiler](/source/Steen_Eiler_Rasmussen). *London: The Unique City*. London: Penguin (Pelican), 1960.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** LondonTown.com. ["Torrington Square Guide"](http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/torrington_square_b5c.html). *LondonTown*. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Homepage"](http://www.lfm.org.uk/markets/bloomsbury/). *Lfm.org.uk*. Retrieved 17 December 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Eric Hobsbawm, Interesting Times, p. 181

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Goldsmith, Maurice (1980). *Sage: A Life of J. D. Bernal*. London: [Hutchinson](/source/Hutchinson_(publisher)). p. picture. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-09-139550-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-09-139550-X).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Picasso_5-0)** [night that Picasso was a little plastered](http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article1599818.eceThe)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*], *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 2 April 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Picasso2_6-0)** [Picasso goes on show in London at Wellcome Collection](http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art53172Bernal's), [Culture24](/source/Culture24), UK, 14 January 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Picasso and Modern British Art: 15 February – 15 July 2012"](http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/picassoandbritain/). *[Tate Britain](/source/Tate_Britain)*. [Tate Gallery](/source/Tate_Gallery), UK. 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Bryson, John,["Christina Rossetti English poet"](http://www.britannica.com/biography/Christina-Rossetti), *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica)*, 7 September 2015. Retrieved on 24 March 2016.

## External links

- [Map sources](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Torrington_Square&params=51.522001_N_0.130498_W_region:GB_scale:100000) for Torrington Square

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