Alexander Square, SW3

Alexander Square is a garden square in Chelsea.

John Alexander was the inheritor of the Thurlow Estate through being a descendent of the first husband of Anna Maria Browne.

In 1826 Alexander drew up plans to for a speculative development with the builder James Bonnin. George Basevi became the architect of the scheme when under construction in 1829.

Alexander Square and South Street (now South Terrace), Alfred Place (now Alexander Place), North Terrace, Alexander Place and York Cottages were subsequently built.

The communal garden at the centre of the square is a third of an acre in size.

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NEARBY STREETS

Alexander Place, SW7 Alexander Place was originally called Alfred Place East (South Kensington)

Alexander Place, SW7

Alexander Square, SW3 Alexander Square is a garden square in Chelsea (Chelsea)

Alexander Square, SW3

Alfred Place, SW7 Alfred Place, just north of South Kensington station (South Kensington)

Alfred Place, SW7

Avenue Court, SW3 Avenue Court is sited on Draycott Avenue (Chelsea)

Avenue Court, SW3

Ayrton Road, SW7 Ayrton Road is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Ayrton Road, SW7

Barnaby Place, SW7 Barnaby Place is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Barnaby Place, SW7

Beauchamp Mansions, SW3 Beauchamp Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Beauchamp Mansions, SW3

Beauchamp Place, SW3 Beauchamp Place was also the name of a 16th-century mansion of the Seymour family (Chelsea)

Beauchamp Place, SW3

Beauford Gardens, SW3 Beauford Gardens is a location in London (Knightsbridge)

Beauford Gardens, SW3

Beaufort Gardens, SW3 Beaufort Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Beaufort Gardens, SW3

Bessemer Building, SW7 Bessemer Building is a block on Ayrton Road (South Kensington)

Bessemer Building, SW7

Biddesden House, SW3 Biddesden House is a block on Cadogan Street (Chelsea)

Biddesden House, SW3

Brompton Place, SW3 Brompton Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Brompton Place, SW3

Brompton Road, SW3 Brompton Road begins at Knightsbridge Underground station and runs south-west until it reaches Egerton Gardens (Chelsea)

Brompton Road, SW3

Brompton Square, SW3 Brompton Square is a garden square designed by James Bonnin in 1821. (Knightsbridge)

Brompton Square, SW3

Bull’s Gardens, SW3 Bull’s Gardens was built as Bull’s Buildings at the beginning of the 19th century (Chelsea)

Bull’s Gardens, SW3

Bute Street, SW7 Bute Street is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Bute Street, SW7

Cadogan Court, SW3 Cadogan Court can be found on Draycott Avenue (Chelsea)

Cadogan Court, SW3

Cadogan Street, SW3 Cadogan Street is named for the Cadogan family who own extensive properties in Chelsea (Chelsea)

Cadogan Street, SW3

Chelsea Cloisters, SW3 On the west side of Sloane Avenue, a vast ten-storeyed block was built 1937-8 called Chelsea Cloisters (Chelsea)

Chelsea Cloisters, SW3

Chemistry Building, SW7 Chemistry Building is a block on Imperial College Road (South Kensington)

Chemistry Building, SW7

Chemistry RCS Building, SW7 Chemistry RCS Building is located on Exhibition Road (South Kensington)

Chemistry RCS Building, SW7

Cheval House, SW7 Cheval House is a block on Montpelier Walk (Knightsbridge)

Cheval House, SW7

Cheval Place, SW7 Cheval Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Cheval Place, SW7

City & Guilds Building, SW7 City & Guilds Building is a block on Exhibition Road (South Kensington)

City & Guilds Building, SW7

Clabon Mews, SW1X Clabon Mews, Lennox Gardens, Lennox Gardens Mews were laid out on a former cricket field (Chelsea)

Clabon Mews, SW1X

Colebrook Court, SW3 Colebrook Court is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Colebrook Court, SW3

Collier House, SW3 Collier House is a block on Brompton Road (Knightsbridge)

Collier House, SW3

Cottage Place, SW3 Cottage Place was the location of Brompton Road station on the Piccadilly Line before its closure (Knightsbridge)

Cottage Place, SW3

Cranley Place, SW7 Cranley Place is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Cranley Place, SW7

Cranmer Court, SW3 Cranmer Court, one of the largest blocks of flats in London, was built 1934-5 (Chelsea)

Cranmer Court, SW3

Crescent Place, SW3 Crescent Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Crescent Place, SW3

Cromwell Gardens, SW7 Cromwell Gardens is a short but major road in South Kensington. It joins the Cromwell Road at the junction with Exhibition Road to the west with the Brompton Road to the east (South Kensington)

Cromwell Gardens, SW7

Cromwell Mews, SW7 A street within the SW7 postcode (South Kensington)

Cromwell Mews, SW7

Cromwell Place, SW7 Cromwell Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Cromwell Place, SW7

Cromwell Street, SW7 Cromwell Street is a location in London (South Kensington)

Cromwell Street, SW7

Curran House, SW3 Curran House is a block on Elystan Street (Chelsea)

Curran House, SW3

Denyer Street, SW3 Denyer Street runs between Draycott Avenue and Milner Street (Chelsea)

Denyer Street, SW3

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, SW7 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is a location in London (South Kensington)

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, SW7

Donne Place, SW3 Donne Place is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Donne Place, SW3

Draycott Avenue, SW3 Draycott Avenue is a notable shopping street (Chelsea)

Draycott Avenue, SW3

Draycott Place, SW3 The first section of Draycott Place dates from the 1820s (Chelsea)

Draycott Place, SW3

Egerton Crescent, SW3 Egerton Crescent was described in 2013 as "the most expensive street in Britain" (Chelsea)

Egerton Crescent, SW3

Egerton Gardens Mews, SW3 Egerton Gardens Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Egerton Gardens Mews, SW3

Egerton Gardens, SW3 Egerton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Egerton Gardens, SW3

Egerton Terrace, SW3 Egerton Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Egerton Terrace, SW3

Elystan Street, SW3 Elystan Street - from Elystan Glodrydd, founder of the fourth Royal Tribe of Wales, - said to be an early ancestor of Lord Cadogan (Chelsea)

Elystan Street, SW3

End House, SW3 End House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)

End House, SW3

Ennismore Garden Mews, SW7 Ennismore Garden Mews is a location in London (South Kensington)

Ennismore Garden Mews, SW7

Ennismore Gardens Mews, SW7 Ennismore Gardens Mews is part of the Kingston House Estate (South Kensington)

Ennismore Gardens Mews, SW7

Ennismore Mews, SW7 Ennismore Mews runs between Ennismore Gardens and Ennismore Street (Knightsbridge)

Ennismore Mews, SW7

Ennismore Street, SW7 Ennismore Street is a road in the SW7 postcode area (Knightsbridge)

Ennismore Street, SW7

Exhibition Road, SW7 Exhibition Road is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Exhibition Road, SW7

Fairholt Street, SW7 Fairholt Street is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Fairholt Street, SW7

First Street, SW3 First Street was so-named as it was the first street to be laid out on the Hasker estate (Chelsea)

First Street, SW3

Frankland Road, SW7 Frankland Road is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Frankland Road, SW7

Glendower Place, SW7 Glendower Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Glendower Place, SW7

Glynde Mews, SW3 Glynde Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Glynde Mews, SW3

Green Lettuce Lane, SW3 Green Lettuce Lane was a country lane in Chelsea (Chelsea)

Green Lettuce Lane, SW3

Guinness Court, SW3 Guinness Court is a building on Guinness Court (Chelsea)

Guinness Court, SW3

Halsey Street, SW3 Halsey Street lies over the tracks of the District Line (Chelsea)

Halsey Street, SW3

Hans Road, SW3 Hans Road dates from the late eighteenth century (Knightsbridge)

Hans Road, SW3

Harrington Road, SW7 Harrington Road is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Harrington Road, SW7

Harrods Green, SW1X Harrods Green is a road in the HA8 postcode area (Knightsbridge)

Harrods Green, SW1X

Hasker Street, SW3 Hasker Street was built on land belonging to the Rev. G.H. Hasker (Chelsea)

Hasker Street, SW3

Imperial College Road, SW7 Imperial College Road runs east–west with Queen’s Gate to the west and Exhibition Road to the east (South Kensington)

Imperial College Road, SW7

Ives Street, SW3 Ives Street dates from the 1820s (Chelsea)

Ives Street, SW3

Ixworth Place, SW3 Ixworth Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Ixworth Place, SW3

Kendrick Mews, SW7 Kendrick Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Kendrick Mews, SW7

Keppel House, SW3 Keppel House is a block on Fulham Road (South Kensington)

Keppel House, SW3

Kimbolton Row, SW3 Kimbolton Row is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Kimbolton Row, SW3

Lennox Gardens Mews, SW1X Lennox Gardens Mews was built behind Lennox Gardens from 1882 onwards (Chelsea)

Lennox Gardens Mews, SW1X

Lennox Gardens, SW1X Named after Lord William Lennox, Lennox Gardens skirts the central gardens of the same name (Chelsea)

Lennox Gardens, SW1X

Lucan Place, SW3 Lucan Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Lucan Place, SW3

Malvern Court, SW7 Malvern Court is a block on Old Brompton Road (South Kensington)

Malvern Court, SW7

Melton Court, SW7 Melton Court is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Melton Court, SW7

Milner Street, SW3 Milner Street runs roughly west from Cadogan Square, crossing Ovington Street, Lennox Gardens and Clabon Mews (Chelsea)

Milner Street, SW3

Montpelier House, SW3 Montpelier House is located on Brompton Road (Knightsbridge)

Montpelier House, SW3

Montpelier Mews, SW7 Montpelier Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Montpelier Mews, SW7

Montpelier Street, SW7 Montpelier Street is a location in London (Knightsbridge)

Montpelier Street, SW7

Montpelier Walk, SW7 Montpelier Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Montpelier Walk, SW7

Moore Street, SW3 Moore Street was named after Richard Moore of Hampton Court Palace, a former landowner (Chelsea)

Moore Street, SW3

Moreau House, SW3 Moreau House is sited on Brompton Road (Knightsbridge)

Moreau House, SW3

Mossop Street, SW3 Mossop Street was once called Green Lettuce Lane (Chelsea)

Mossop Street, SW3

Museum Lane, SW7 Museum Lane is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Museum Lane, SW7

North Terrace, SW3 North Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

North Terrace, SW3

Onslow Crescent, SW7 Onslow Crescent is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Onslow Crescent, SW7

Onslow Mews East, SW7 Onslow Mews East is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Onslow Mews East, SW7

Onslow Square, SW7 Onslow Square, a garden square, was started by Charles James Freake, to designs by architect George Basevi (South Kensington)

Onslow Square, SW7

Orford House, SW3 Orford House is a block on Rawlings Street (Chelsea)

Orford House, SW3

Ovington Gardens, SW3 Ovington Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Ovington Gardens, SW3

Ovington Square, SW3 Ovington Square is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Ovington Square, SW3

Ovington Street, SW3 Ovington Street is one of the widest and most imposing streets in Chelsea (Chelsea)

Ovington Street, SW3

Pelham Court, SW3 Pelham Court is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Pelham Court, SW3

Pelham Crescent, SW7 Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester was a former trustee of the Smith’s Charity Estate, upon which the road was built (South Kensington)

Pelham Crescent, SW7

Pelham Place, SW7 Pelham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Pelham Place, SW7

Pelham Street, SW3 Pelham Street - as Pelham Road - originated in the 1830s (South Kensington)

Pelham Street, SW3

Petyward, SW3 Petyward is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Petyward, SW3

Pond House, SW3 Residential block (Chelsea)

Pond House, SW3

Pont Street Mews, SW1X This is a street in the SW1X postcode area (Chelsea)

Pont Street Mews, SW1X

Princes Gate Mews, SW7 Princes Gate Mews is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Princes Gate Mews, SW7

Queensberry Place, SW7 Queensberry Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Queensberry Place, SW7

Queensberry Way, SW7 Queensberry Way is a road in the SW7 postcode area (South Kensington)

Queensberry Way, SW7

Queensrberry Place, SW7 Queensrberry Place is a location in London (South Kensington)

Queensrberry Place, SW7

Queen’s Gardens, SW1X Queen’s Gardens was developed in about 1768–70 (Knightsbridge)

Queen’s Gardens, SW1X

Rawlings Street, SW3 Rawlings Street, formerly Princes Street was renamed in 1873 after Charles Rawlings who instituted a Chelsea Charity (Chelsea)

Rawlings Street, SW3

Reece Mews, SW7 Reece Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Reece Mews, SW7

Relton Mews, SW7 Relton Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Relton Mews, SW7

Rich Lane, SW3 Rich Lane is a road in the SW5 postcode area (Chelsea)

Rich Lane, SW3

Richards Place, SW3 Richards Place is a location in London (Chelsea)

Richards Place, SW3

Rosemoor Street, SW3 Rosemoor Street was at first called Orford Terrace and then Little Orford Street (Chelsea)

Rosemoor Street, SW3

Rutland Street, SW7 Rutland Street is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Knightsbridge)

Rutland Street, SW7

Sir Alexander Fleming Building, SW7 Sir Alexander Fleming Building is a block on Frankland Road (South Kensington)

Sir Alexander Fleming Building, SW7

Skempton Building, SW7 Skempton Building is a block on Imperial College Road (South Kensington)

Skempton Building, SW7

Sloane Avenue, SW3 Sloane Avenue runs roughly north-west to south-east (Chelsea)

Sloane Avenue, SW3

South House, SW3 South House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)

South House, SW3

South Kensington Station Arcade, SW7 South Kensington Station Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

South Kensington Station Arcade, SW7

South Terrace, SW7 South Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

South Terrace, SW7

St Catherine’s Mews, SW3 St Catherine’s Mews is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

St Catherine’s Mews, SW3

St Saviours House, SW3 St Saviours House is a block on Walton Street (Chelsea)

St Saviours House, SW3

Sumner Place, SW7 Sumner Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (Brompton)

Sumner Place, SW7

Sydney Mews, SW3 Sydney Mews lies in an area to the north of the Brompton Road (Chelsea)

Sydney Mews, SW3

Sydney Place, SW7 Sydney Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

Sydney Place, SW7

The Arcade, SW7 The Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area (South Kensington)

The Arcade, SW7

Thurloe Close, SW3 John Thurloe owned the land on which the mews was later built, and was said to have been given it by Oliver Cromwell for services during the Commonwealth (South Kensington)

Thurloe Close, SW3

Thurloe Place Mews, SW7 Thurloe Place Mews leads off Thurloe Place itself (South Kensington)

Thurloe Place Mews, SW7

Thurloe Place, SW7 Thurloe Place is named after John Thurloe, a secretary to the council of state during the Oliver Cromwell Commonwealth. (South Kensington)

Thurloe Place, SW7

Thurloe Square, SW7 Thurloe Square is a traditional garden square in South Kensington (South Kensington)

Thurloe Square, SW7

Thurloe Street, SW7 Thurloe Street is named for John Thurloe, said to have been given this land by Oliver Cromwell for services during the Commonwealth (South Kensington)

Thurloe Street, SW7

Walton Place, SW3 Walton Place is a location in London (Knightsbridge)

Walton Place, SW3

Walton Street, SW1X Walton Street is a major road of Chelsea (Chelsea)

Walton Street, SW1X

West House, SW3 West House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)

West House, SW3

William Penney Building, SW7 The William Penney Laboratory is a block on Ayrton Road, part of Imperial College (South Kensington)

William Penney Building, SW7

Wiltshire Close, SW3 Wiltshire Close is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Wiltshire Close, SW3

Yeoman’s Row, SW3 Yeomans Row is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Yeoman’s Row, SW3

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