Bedford Square buildings are some of
the best preserved set pieces of Georgian architecture in London, but most of
the houses have now been converted into offices. Numbers 1-10, 11, 12–27, 28–38
and 40–54 are grade one listed buildings. The central garden remains private. Bedford
College, was the first place for female higher education in Britain, it was formerly
located in (and named after) Bedford Square.
Building the Square
All I had was a small sample of the building in photo form . Which I then copy each section until I had a full wall 3 story high I then printed and past them to cardboard adding down pipes to hide the joins
Building the Square
Bedford Square is named after the Dukes of Bedford, who were the main
landowners in Bloomsbury and developed the area from the 1660s to the
1850s. It is one of the best-preserved squares, designed as a whole
and surrounded by its original Georgian terraces (although the buildings now
mainly contain offices rather than family homes). The Square was the first
garden square with an imposed architectural uniformity and it set the style for
garden squares in London through the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It
became the focal point of a new grid of streets to the west, north and south,
although this plan took eighty years to complete. The whole Bloomsbury Estate
was formerly enclosed with a system of gates, which were erected in the early
to mid 19th century to guarantee the residents’ protection and
privacy. The gates and lodges were removed between 1891 and 1893; those
protecting Bedford Square in 1893. [English Heritage record]
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