Description
This triangular area of communal garden was provided for residents of Pembroke Gardens, which was developed from 1863 in the second phase of building on Lord Kensington's Edwardes Estate. The name Pembroke derives from the Welsh estates of the family and many of the street names in this area are named for villages on their lands in Wales.
Practical Information
| Site location | Pembroke Gardens |
|---|---|
| Postcode | W8 |
| What3Words | ///daisy.rides.artist |
| Type of Site | Private Garden |
| Borough | Kensington & Chelsea |
| Open to Public | No |
| Opening Times | private |
| Public Transport | Tube: Earls Court (District, Piccadilly) |
| Research Updated | 1 October 2007 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
This area was built up originally with large houses, such as Pembroke Lodge of the 1860s, many of which were semi-detached; later there was some post-war rebuilding in 1950s/60s. Part of the area had been redeveloped when the Prudential Assurance Company bought the west sides of Pembroke Villas, Pembroke Square and Pembroke Lodge in 1903 for a scheme to redevelop Pembroke Gardens Close. In the 1960s the Company built Nos.24-42 Pembroke Villas and Nos. 31-34 Pembroke Gardens were built in 1927 by G A Coombe for the Prudential. At the north, adjacent to No. 35 Pembroke Gardens, is Pembroke Studios, built in 1880 on an open site and comprises six studios around a garden.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ249789 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 0.0365 |
| Site Ownership | private |
| Dates | 1860s |
| 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 | Kensington & Chelsea |
| In Conservation Area | Yes |
| Conservation Area Name | Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon |
| 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
* on The National Heritage List for England, Parks & Gardens
Edwardes Square is a late Georgian square built as part of the development of the Edwardes Estate, owned by William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington. The private central garden was provided for the use of residents, and has a gardener's lodge in Greek Revival style, known as The Temple. The gardens were laid out in 1820 and have paths, shrubberies, lawns and many fine trees. Today there is an extensive rose pergola, croquet lawn, tennis court and children's play area.
Edwardes Square is a late Georgian square built as part of the development of the Edwardes Estate, owned by William Edwardes, 2nd Lord Kensington. The private central garden was provided for the use of residents, and has a gardener's lodge in Greek Revival style, known as The Temple. The gardens were laid out in 1820 and have paths, shrubberies, lawns and many fine trees. Today there is an extensive rose pergola, croquet lawn, tennis court and children's play area.
This is a strip of private garden in front of Nos. 1-7 Edwardes Place, set behind a brick wall with railings, gate, trees and shrubberies. The houses were built in c.1820 as part of Lord Kensington's Edwardes Square development, and undertaken in the first period of building that was focussed along the Kensington to Hammersmith Road.
Warwick Square was laid out by Lord Kensington's surveyor William Cutbush between 1824-39 but it was not a successful development. It was later bisected by the roadway, now Warwick Gardens, a major one-way route south. In the centre of the road is an area of landscaping around the Queen Victoria Monument, a memorial erected by inhabitants of the borough of Kensington. Designed by H L Florence in 1904, the granite column is topped with an urn and has reliefs of the Queen on the faces. It was re-erected here in 1934. All that remains of the houses of Warwick Square are Nos. 1 - 9 Warwick Gardens. The central area with the memorial column has planters either side and a drinking trough to the south, sited here in 1899 by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association at the behest of 'R McC'.