Central Square, NW11

Road in/near Hampstead Garden Suburb, existing between 1912 and now

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Central Square was the original centre of Hampstead Garden Suburb due to the further development of the Suburb in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now located towards the west.

Raymond Unwin’s 1905 preliminary plan of Hampstead Garden Suburb defined a central area containing churches and public buildings with a formal approach road from the Heath.

By 1908 the design had become formalised with two central churches and The Institute, dedicated to adult learning. The Institute subsequently became Henrietta Barnet School.

Sir Edwin Lutyens finished designs for St Jude’s and the Free Church between 1908 and 1910. The final Central Square layout was complete in 1912.

Central Square was designed as a focus for the spiritual, recreational and community needs of Suburb residents. The centre of the Square is a public garden with tennis courts. The housing was designed for affluent residents but Southwood Court and Bigwood Court were originally intended as flats for the bereaved families of servicemen.



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Main source: The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust
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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Elephant Field The grazing elephants of Hampstead Garden Suburb...
Hampstead Garden Suburb Hampstead Garden Suburb is an example of early twentieth-century domestic architecture and town planning and is located in the London Borough of Barnet.

NEARBY STREETS
Abington House, NW11 Abington House is a block of flats designed for housing ’working women’ (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Beaufort House, NW11 Beaufort House is one of the 1928-built Emmott Close blocks (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Bigwood Road, NW11 Bigwood Road leads up to Big Wood (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Brunner Close, NW11 Brunner Close is a cul-de-sac situated off of Litchfield Way (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Carpenter House, NW11 Carpenter House is a 1928-built block on Emmott Close (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Central Square, NW11 Central Square was the original centre of Hampstead Garden Suburb due to the further development of the Suburb in the 1920s and 1930s, it is now located towards the west (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Chatham Close, NW11 Chatham Close, designed by Thomas Millwood Wilson, arrived on the scene in 1911 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Constable Close, NW11 Constable Close runs southwest from Wildwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Cotman Close, NW11 Cotman Close leads off Meadway (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Denman Drive, NW11 Denman Drive leads off Erskine Hill (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Dingwall Gardens, NW11 Dingwall Gardens is in Temple Fortune (Temple Fortune)
Erskine Hill, NW11 Erskine Hill is flanked by groups of cottages designed by C M Crickmer (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Farm Walk, NW11 In Farm Walk, there are roughcast terraces with brick doorways and bay windows designed by Parker and Unwin in 1911 (Temple Fortune)
Forres Gardens, NW11 Forres Gardens is a road in the NW11 postcode area (Golders Green)
Hampstead Gardens, NW11 Hampstead Gardens backs onto the Jewish Cemetary (Temple Fortune)
Hampstead Way, NW11 Hampstead Way was one of the major roads designed for Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Heathgate, NW11 Heathgate is part of Lutyen’s grand design for Central Square (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Hill Close, NW11 Hill Close forms an intimate cul de sac rising towards Central Square (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Hoop Lane, NW11 Hoop Lane was originally called Wheel Lane (Golders Green)
Hurst Close, NW11 Hurst Close extends west from Bigwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Linnell Close, NW11 Linnell Close, like nearby Linnell Drive, was named for a Victorian artist - it is accessed by a private road from Meadway. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Linnell Drive, NW11 Linnell Drive was named for the painter John Linnell (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Litchfield Square, NW11 Litchfield Square is a large formal composition designed by Parker and Unwin (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Litchfield Way, NW11 Litchfield Way is characterised by large groups of consistently designed 1920s houses interspersed with one-off designs (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Lucas Square, NW11 Lucas Square was named after its architect, Geoffrey Lucas (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Meadway Close, NW11 This is one of a number of Meadway-named road in the area (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Meadway Court, NW11 Meadway Court was designed by G.L. Sutcliffe in 1913 (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Meadway Gate, NW11 Meadway Gate marks the western end of Meadway as it joins Temple Fortune Lane (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Meadway, NW11 Meadway and the Great Wall form parallel axes running through the central area of Hampstead Garden Suburb. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Middleway, NW11 The majority of Middleway was designed by J.C.S. Soutar in the 1920s in his neo-vernacular style (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
North Square, NW11 North Square part of the original central area of Hampstead Garden Suburb, forming a rectangle with Central Square and South Square (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Northway, NW11 Northway runs from Central Square to Falloden Way (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Queens Court, NW11 Queens Court, a later Hampstead Garden Suburb block, was constructed on Hampstead Way in the 1920s (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Raeburn Close, NW11 Raeburn Close leads off Wildwood Road (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Ruskin Close, NW11 Ruskin Close contains six houses (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Sheridan Walk, NW11 Sheridan Walk backs onto the Hoop Lane Jewish Cemetery (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
South Square, NW11 South Square is the name of the southern part of Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Southway, NW11 Southway is one of a series of three roads with geographical names: Southway, Middleway and Northway (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
St Edward’s Close, NW11 St Edward’s Close lies off Finchley Road (Golders Green)
Sutcliffe Close, NW11 Sutcliffe Close is a symmetrical close designed by J.W. Binge in 1926 in the Arts and Crafts style (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Temple Fortune Hill, NW11 Temple Fortune Hill is within the oldest part of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Temple Fortune Lane, NW11 Temple Fortune Lane leads from Temple Fortune itself into Hampstead Garden Suburb (Temple Fortune)
Temple Grove, NW11 Temple Grove is a cul-de-sac running off Temple Fortune Lane (Temple Fortune)
The Orchard, NW11 57 flats were built in The Orchard in 1909, one of the earliest developments of Hampstead Garden Suburb (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Thornton Way, NW11 Thornton Way is a visually diverse road with large detached and semi-detached homes from a range of 1920s architects (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Turner Close, NW11 Turner Close contains some of the the more grand detached buildings, overlooking a green and showcasing the work of several architects. (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Turner Drive, NW11 Turner Drive is one of a number of Hampstead Garden Suburb roads named after artists (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Wild Hatch, NW11 Wild Hatch, now a small road, is part of an ancient route (Hampstead Garden Suburb)
Willifield Way, NW11 Willifield Way runs south from ‘Crickmer Circus’ to meet Hampstead Way before the junction with Meadway (Hampstead Garden Suburb)


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