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Montagu Square
Montagu Square is an elongated garden square in the western portion of Marylebone, developed by the Portman Estate between 1810 and 1815. The square was designed by architect Joseph Parkinson and its construction was overseen by builder David Porter, who named it after his former benefactor, Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, the literary hostess who had once held annual feasts for chimney-sweep boys at nearby Montagu House. The terraces of stock brick, with stuccoed ground-floor facades, are consistent with the restrained Regency residential architecture that characterises this part of the Portman Estate.
Several properties on the square carry Grade II listed status, recognised for their intact early nineteenth-century character. The square has attracted a varied succession of distinguished residents over the years. The novelist Anthony Trollope lived here, and in the 1960s Ringo Starr kept a flat at the square, which became a meeting point for a number of prominent figures in the music world. In 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono resided here during the recording of the White Album.
The central garden is maintained by the Montagu Square Garden Trust and remains private to residents. The square connects naturally to the wider residential streets of the Portman Estate, sitting west of Portman Square and within easy reach of Edgware Road and Marylebone High Street.
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