Description
On both sides of Cundy Street are blocks of flats in well-tended landscape settings. To the north is a development by T P Bennett of 1952 and to the south a series of 1930s blocks with curved balconies with curved brick and stone retaining walls at the entrances. Both estates have lawns with shrubberies at the margins. Nikolaus Pevsner described Cundy Street Flats as 'four generously spaced blocks. . . These funny creatures have the upright profiles and coloured cylindrical columns of the fifties, with the long rounded balconies of the thirties used to create a kind of vertical crenellation, and sashes of early Georgian pattern'.
Practical Information
| Site location | Cundy Street, off Ebury Street, Belgravia |
|---|---|
| Postcode | SW1 |
| What3Words | ///wisely.lamps.courier |
| Type of Site | Housing/Estate Landscaping |
| Borough | Westminster |
| Open to Public | No |
| Opening Times | Access only to residents of Lochmore, Stack, Kylestrome & Laxford Houses |
| Public Transport | Rail/Tube: Victoria (District, Circle, Victoria) |
| Research Updated | 1 November 2007 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ284786 |
|---|---|
| Site Ownership | Grosvenor Estate |
| Site Management | Grosvenor Estate Gardens Department |
| Dates | 1950-52 |
| Designers | T P Bennett |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Westminster |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Ebury Square was laid out in 1820 on a former nursery garden that had earlier been the site of Ebury or Eabery Farm, part of the estate of Elizabeth I, later owned by the Grosvenor family. The central garden, on the site of the homestead of the Saxon farm, has been open to the public since 1884. The surrounding terraced houses were partially destroyed in 1860, the remaining fabric subsequently badly bombed, so none of the original houses survive. Recently restored, the garden comprises a lawn crossed by paths, perimeter shrubs, bedding displays and mature London plane and golden acacia trees. In the centre is a flowerbed and cast iron fountain.
* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens
Eaton Square was laid out as part of a largely intact planned development of houses and gardens on the Grosvenor Estate. The private gardens of Eaton Square consist of six enclosures of comparable character. All railed, they have shrubbery around peripheral paths and lawns containing beds. The square has numerous major trees, dominated by London planes many dating from the original planting, together with smaller, ornamental varieties. Former residents of Eaton Square include Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at No.37 and actress Vivien Leigh at No.54.
Eaton Square was laid out as part of a largely intact planned development of houses and gardens on the Grosvenor Estate. The private gardens of Eaton Square consist of six enclosures of comparable character. All railed, they have shrubbery around peripheral paths and lawns containing beds. The square has numerous major trees, dominated by London planes many dating from the original planting, together with smaller, ornamental varieties. Former residents of Eaton Square include Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at No.37 and actress Vivien Leigh at No.54.
* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens
Chester Square was laid out as part of a largely intact planned development of houses and gardens on the Grosvenor Estate. The private gardens of Chester Square originally consisted of three enclosures, but by the 1890s the central and south-western gardens had become one, separated from the north-eastern garden by Eccleston Street. Enclosed by cast-iron railings, the gardens have mature plane trees. The larger western garden was restored in 1997 to the layout shown in the OS Map of 1867. Rope edging tiles and some original trees survive, and the garden is planted with shrubs and herbaceous borders, and a central rose garden.
Chester Square was laid out as part of a largely intact planned development of houses and gardens on the Grosvenor Estate. The private gardens of Chester Square originally consisted of three enclosures, but by the 1890s the central and south-western gardens had become one, separated from the north-eastern garden by Eccleston Street. Enclosed by cast-iron railings, the gardens have mature plane trees. The larger western garden was restored in 1997 to the layout shown in the OS Map of 1867. Rope edging tiles and some original trees survive, and the garden is planted with shrubs and herbaceous borders, and a central rose garden.
