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Porchester Square
Residential square in Central London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porchester Square is an archetypal-format, narrow London garden square in Bayswater on the cusp of inter-related Westbourne. It is lined with tall white Victorian classical architecture residential buildings.
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![]() Porchester Square Gardens and the two long white fronts: the surviving original terraces. | |
(local authority since 1965) | |
Part of | "Tyburnia" (loosely associated with) |
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Type | Garden square |
Length | 575 ft (175 m) (average length as tapers) |
Width | 145 feet (44 m) |
Area | Bayswater / Westbourne |
Location | London, |
Postal code | W2 |
Construction | |
Construction start | 1850 |
Completion | 1855-58 |
Other | |
Designer | George Gutch (as to reviews and ratification) |
Known for | "Tyburnia" (as to reviews and ratification) |
Status | N. and E. sides: Grade II listed |
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It is half of one large block south of the closing section of the Great Western Main Line that leads into London Paddington station.