Sussex Gardens

Coordinates: 51°30′57″N 0°10′18″W / 51.5157°N 0.1718°W / 51.5157; -0.1718
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Street sign.
The street features a number of terraced houses.
St James's Church viewed from Sussex Gardens.

Sussex Gardens is located in Paddington in Central London. It is a street that runs runs westwards from the Edgware Road, for most of the way as a broad avenue until it reaches an area near Lancaster Gate where it becomes a garden square. Part of the City of Westminster, it is located in the residential area of Tyburnia north of Hyde Park. Streets running off it include Westbourne Terrace, Talbot Square, London Street and Southwick Street. Sussex Gardens provides the main axis for the area.[1]

The street was originally known as Grand Junction Street, named after the nearby

boarding houses
and hotels located on it.

Like the nearby

William IV.[7]

References

  1. ^ Cherry & Pevsner p.684
  2. ^ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp190-198
  3. ^ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol9/pp190-198
  4. ^ White p.76
  5. ^ Porter p.212
  6. ^ Cherry & Pevsner p.674
  7. ^ Rosena & Zuckermann p.42

Bibliography

  • Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. London 3: North West. Yale University Press, 2002.
  • Cockburn, J. S., King, H. P. F. & McDonnell, K. G. T. & A History of the County of Middlesex. Institute of Historical Research, 1989.
  • Porter, Roy. London, a Social History. Harvard University Press, 1998.
  • Rosen, Barbara & Zuckermann, Wolfgang. The Mews of London: A Guide to the Hidden Byways of London's Past. Webb & Bower, 1982.
  • White, Jerry. London in the Nineteenth Century. Random House, 2016.

51°30′57″N 0°10′18″W / 51.5157°N 0.1718°W / 51.5157; -0.1718