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Survey of London, Volume 05 (of 14), the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, part 2

Chapter 238: Biographical notes.
By William Edward Riley
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The volume presents a detailed architectural and historical survey of a central London parish, documenting boundaries, streets and individual buildings. It pairs descriptive history with measured drawings, elevations, photographs and maps to record houses, churches, public and institutional sites, and their notable features. Arranged street by street, entries trace development, alterations and former uses, and the work includes plate descriptions, plans and an index. The combined illustrations and text enable readers to follow the parish’s changing built fabric and to identify architectural details and surviving monuments.

LXXXVI.—No. 44, BEDFORD SQUARE.

Ground landlord and lessee.

Ground landlord, His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G.; lessee, Philip Morrell, Esq., M.P.

General description and date of structure.

On 20th November, 1777, a lease[755] was granted of the tenth house westward from Charlotte Street, on the south side of Bedford Square. This was No. 44, Bedford Square.

The front room on the first floor has a ceiling of good design (Plate 96), and in the room behind the staircase is a small white marble chimneypiece, carved in low relief, and decorated with inlay of Siena marble.

Condition of repair.

The premises are in good repair.

Biographical notes.

The occupiers of this house, according to the ratebooks, were as follows:—

1782–84. Thos. Hibbert.
1784–94. T. S. Jackson.
1794– Henry Gregg.

The Council’s collection contains:—

[756]Ornamental plaster ceiling in front room on first floor (photograph).