Streets of London – Grosvenor Square, London circa 1813

North Side, Grosvenor Square, London circa 1813

“This square received its name from Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bart. […]. This gentlemen had a great passion for building, and covered a considerable plot of ground in the neighborhood, between New Bond-street and Hyde Park, which now produces an immense income to his descendant, the Earl of Grosvenor. Grosvenor-Square covers six acres of ground, is situated on the south side of Oxford-street, and is considered the handsomest in the metropolis; not indeed from the regularity of its buildings, but from the general appearance, and it has ever been held the first for fashionable residence. The garden, which is very picturesque from all points of view, was laid out by Kent.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1813.