2018-06-10 10:30:002018-06-10 12:00:00Europe/LondonSquares of BelgraviaThroughout The City, London, UK
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The leading developer of the Regency and early Victorian era was
Thomas Cubitt. In 1820 he began work on the Duke of Grosvenor's estate,
incorporating the marshy waste of Belgravia, using spoil from the
excavation of St Katharine's Dock to raise the land. Grand houses were
built and garden squares designed and planted. Some of London’s
wealthiest residents moved in making Robert Grosvenor, Duke of
Westminster, the wealthiest of them all. These squares in Belgravia
remain some of the most desirable addresses in Westminster and have been
lived in by dukes, prime ministers, ambassadors, actors, poets and
authors. Find out about the history of the gardens and some of the
famous and infamous residents who once lived in and around them.