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Terraced town house. c.1810–11, by J.T. Parkinson as part of his Montagu-Bryanston Square development for the Portman Estate. Stock brick with channelled stucco ground floor; concealed slate roof. 5 storeys and basement. 3 windows wide. Semicircular arched doorway to left with panelled door, fluted
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Numbering runs 1 to 63 consecutively, anti-clockwise; traffic circulates clockwise (plus two-way at short ends). Montagu Court (similar age to Brymon Court) has merged No.s 27 to 29 at the north end of Montagu Square. Brymon Court has merged No.s 31, 32 with the first two even numbers of Upper
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jambs and patterned fanlight. Recessed sashes, under flat gauged arches to upper floors. Plat band finishing off ground floor stuccowork. Crowning stucco cornice and blocking course. Continuous, cast iron geometric patterned balcony to 1st floor. Cast iron area railings with urn finials."
129:. Lower floors above ground level tend to have very long windows, reflecting the height of ceilings of these subtly mid rise buildings with elegant red stone dressings. The ground floors tend to feature paintwork, stucco and stone dressings for a contrasting pale colour. 145:
1,2,3,4,5, 6, 7,8,9,10,11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, and
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along the south; both have a crossroads on the western side with Upper Montagu/Montagu Streets, each in turn one block away from retail/service premises fronted streets.
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There are no letter-suffixed numbers, but 5 of the original 63 (the north-west corners) have merged; leaving the original 58 still standing largely unaltered, as
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discounts the square as "a plain, uniform regiment of brown brick houses", comparing it unfavourably with Bryanston Square. The architect of both was
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lived there for a time after Starr moved to Sunny Heights. After Hendrix's departure,
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It was built between 1810 and 1815 along with 202:, British socialite, adventurer and traveler. 224:, in the early months of their relationship. 180:occupied No.11 from 1954 to the early 1980s. 270: 93:Montagu Place runs along the north end; 50: 904: 897:LondonTown.com guide to Montagu Square 159: 150:All are similar, that of 35 reads: 13: 912:Squares in the City of Westminster 879:National Heritage List for England 855:National Heritage List for England 831:National Heritage List for England 807:National Heritage List for England 783:National Heritage List for England 759:National Heritage List for England 735:National Heritage List for England 711:National Heritage List for England 687:National Heritage List for England 663:National Heritage List for England 639:National Heritage List for England 615:National Heritage List for England 591:National Heritage List for England 567:National Heritage List for England 543:National Heritage List for England 519:National Heritage List for England 495:National Heritage List for England 471:National Heritage List for England 447:National Heritage List for England 423:National Heritage List for England 399:National Heritage List for England 375:National Heritage List for England 351:National Heritage List for England 327:National Heritage List for England 303:National Heritage List for England 14: 938: 890: 862: 838: 814: 790: 766: 742: 718: 694: 670: 646: 622: 598: 574: 550: 526: 502: 478: 100: 454: 430: 406: 382: 358: 334: 310: 286: 264: 1: 257: 208:bought the basement flat at 107:minor, overarching interests 88:listed residential buildings 7: 190:– at No.13 in December 1962 186:when he was separated from 10: 943: 248: 200:Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope 74:. 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51°31′5″N 0°9′33″W / 51.51806°N 0.15917°W / 51.51806; -0.15917

garden square
Marylebone
London
metres
Marble Arch
NNW
listed residential buildings
George Street
minor, overarching interests
Portman Estate
Bryanston Square
Elizabeth Montagu
John Summerson
Joseph T. Parkinson
listed buildings
Anthony Trollope
Robert "Romeo" Coates
Jews' College
Ted Hughes
Sylvia Plath
Henry Grissell
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope
Ringo Starr
No.34
Jimi Hendrix
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
Noelle Reno

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