St Peter's Square, Hammersmith, Central London, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest: 

Early 19th century private garden for the surrounding houses of St Peter's Square, which was preserved as a public garden in the early 20th century.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

St Peter's Square is located about 50 metres north of the Great West Road and about 250 metres to the north of the River Thames at Chiswick Eye. The about 1 hectare level rectangular site, orientated north to south, is enclosed within iron railings set on low stone walls. The garden is bounded on all sides by the roads of St Peter's Square.

REFERENCES used by English Heritage:

T Faulkner, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hammersmith (1839)

P D Whiting (ed), A History of Hammersmith (1965)

B Cherry and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London 3 North West (1991), p 219

Maps

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition surveyed 1863?7, published 1867

2nd edition published 1897

3rd edition published 1915

Description written: May 2000

Amended: January 2003

Edited: March 2003