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{{Short description|Square in London, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox street | name = Connaught Square | image = ConnaughtSquareStreetSign.jpg | caption = '''Connaught Square''', London β predominantly four-storey [[terraced house]]s surrounding a private [[communal garden]] planted with mature trees, shrubs and flower beds. | namesake = [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Earl of Connaught]] | addresses = 1-22A; 23-30; 32; 34-45; 47 (44 buildings, built as large homes, some subdivided) | length_m = | length_ft = 400 | length_ref = (internally) | width = 186 feet | location = [[City of Westminster]], [[London]] | postal_code = {{postcode|W|2}} | metro_system=Tube | metro ={{rail-interchange|london|underground}} {{lus|Marble Arch}} | client = | maint = (1) [[Westminster City Council]]<br>(2) building owners as to the garden | coordinates = {{coord|51|30|52|N|0|9|50|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | direction_a = | terminus_a = | direction_b = | terminus_b = | junction = | inauguration_date = {{Start date|1828}} | known_for = Former London home of [[Prime Minister|leading politician]] [[Tony Blair]] and his wife [[Cherie Blair|Cherie]]. | status = Existing }} [[File:Connaught Square Garden - geograph.org.uk - 1630814.jpg|thumb|right|255px|Looking eastwards across the private garden]] [[File:Connaught Square - geograph.org.uk - 499393.jpg|thumb|right|255px|An example of Connaught Square's [[Georgian architecture]]]] '''Connaught Square''' in [[London]], England, was the first [[garden square|square]] of [[terraced house|city houses]] to be built in [[Bayswater]]. It is named after a royal, the [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Earl of Connaught]] who was from 1805 until death in 1834 the second and last Duke of Gloucester ''and'' Edinburgh, and who maintained his fringe-of-London house and grounds on the land of this square and Gloucester Square. Its appearance is essentially the same as in the 1820s. Its south-east is 115 metres north of [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and the same west of [[Edgware Road (London)|Edgware Road]]. This point is {{convert|302|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[boxing the compass|WNW]] of [[Marble Arch]], which sits on a very large green roundabout (including sculptures and public fountains) marking the western end of [[Oxford Street]]. [[Connaught Street]] runs along is northern end.
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