Connaught Square

Connaught Square

Connaught Square, London — predominantly four-storey terraced houses surrounding a private communal garden planted with mature trees, shrubs and flower beds.
Namesake	Earl of Connaught
Maintained by	(1) Westminster City Council (2) building owners as to the garden
Length	400 ft (120 m)(internally)
Width	186 feet
Addresses	1-22A; 23-30; 32; 34-45; 47 (44 buildings, built as large homes, some subdivided)
Location	City of Westminster, London
Postal code	W2
Nearest Tube station	Marble Arch
Coordinates	51°30′52″N 0°9′50″W / 51.51444°N 0.16389°W / 51.51444; -0.16389
Construction
Inauguration	1828 (1828)
Other
Known for	Former London home of leading politician Tony Blair and his wife Cherie.
Status	Existing

Connaught Square in London, England, was the first square of city houses to be built in Bayswater. It is named after a royal, the Earl of Connaught who was from 1805 until death in 1834 the second and last Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and who maintained his fringe-of-London house and grounds on the land of this square and Gloucester Square. Its appearance is essentially the same as in the 1820s. Its south-east is 115 metres north of Hyde Park and the same west of Edgware Road. This point is 302 m (991 ft) WNW of Marble Arch, which sits on a very large green roundabout (including sculptures and public fountains) marking the western end of Oxford Street. Connaught Street runs along is northern end.