Portman Square
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Portman Square is a garden square in Marylebone, central London, surrounded by townhouses. It was specifically for private housing let on long leases having a ground rent by the Portman Estate, which
The square in 1813
Side-view of the south side in 2008, displaying odd traffic system replaced c. 2013
The Dining Room of No. 20 in 1913
Portman Estate
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The Portman Estate, covering 110 acres of Marylebone in London’s West End, was founded in 1532 when the land was first leased to Sir William Portman.
Portman Square
…square in Marylebone, central London, surrounded by townhouses. It was specifically for private housing let on long leases having a ground rent by the Portman Estate, which owns the private communal gardens. It marks the western end of Wigmore Street, which connects it to Cavendish Square to the east. It was built…
Manchester Square, part of the Portman Estate
Adam's neoclassical Home House (1777)