Sloane Square
Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan. The square was formerly known as 'Hans Town', laid out in 1771 to a plan of by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the square and Hans Town were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), an Anglo-Irish doctor who, jointly with his appointed trustees, owned the land at the time.
View of the square in 2019 | |
Location within Central London | |
Former name(s) | Hans Town |
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Namesake | Sir Hans Sloane |
Maintained by | Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
Location | Chelsea, London, England |
Postal code | SW1 |
Coordinates | 51.492521°N 0.157188°W |
Construction | |
Completion | c. 1771 |
Other | |
Designer | Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. |
Website | visitlondon.com |
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