Eccleston Square


Eccleston Square is a square in Pimlico, London.
The square dates to the 1830s, integral part of Thomas Cubitt's planned design of Pimlico, and he designed many of the houses. The land was formerly part of the Grosvenor family estate, who owned land in Eccleston, Cheshire.
The communal private gardens in the centre of the square are grade II listed with English Heritage since 1987.
The Buddhist Society has been based at no.58 since 1956.
There are two blue plaques in the square. The first is for Winston Churchill, who moved to Eccleston Square a year after marrying Clementine Hozier, and their first two children, Diana and Randolph, were born there.
The second blue plaque is for the conductor and orchestra reformer Sir Michael Costa, who lived at Wilton Court, 59 Eccleston Square, from 1857 to 1883.
The Eccleston Square Hotel is a grade II listed building at no.37.

Notable residents

Blue plaques