Cadogan Square
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Cadogan Square (/kəˈdʌɡən/) is a residential square in Knightsbridge, London, that was named after Earl Cadogan. Whilst it is mainly a residential area, some of the properties are used for diplomatic and educational purposes (notably Sussex House School).
The square is known for being one of the most expensive residential streets in the United Kingdom, with an average house price of around £5.75 million in 2013.[1] Milner Street runs from the middle of the west side of the square.
The square was built between 1877 and 1888, largely on the grounds of the Prince's Club.
The west side has the greatest variety of houses, all variations on the same Flemish-influenced theme. Numbers 54-58 were designed by William Young in 1877 for Lord Cadogan, and the architect J. J. Stevenson was largely responsible for the south side, built in 1879–85.
The east side was built in 1879 by G. T. Robinson. Number 61 is an early example of high-class mansion flats, and number 61A was once a studio-house for a Mr F. W. Lawson.[2]
Film stars Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff lived in Cadogan Square, as well as stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen. The Anglo-Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany lived in the square in the 1920s and English writer Arnold Bennett lived at number 75 during the same decade. 81 Cadogan Square was where the American socialite Barbara Daly Baekeland was murdered by her son Antony in November, 1972.[3] American war correspondent and author Martha Gellhorn lived in Cadogan Square until her death in 1998.
