Portman Square
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Portman Square is a square in London, part of the Portman Estate. It is in the postal district of W1H, at the western end of Wigmore Street, which connects it to Cavendish Square to its east. It is served by London bus route 274
It was built between 1674 and 1684 on land belonging to Henry William Portman. It included residences of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Baronet, Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle and William Henry Percy.
[edit] Notable houses
- No. 20 - Home House, built by Robert Adam between 1773 and 1777 for Elizabeth, Countess of Home, and later used by the Courtauld Institute.
- No. 22 - Montagu House, built in the northwest corner of the square by James Stuart between 1777 and 1781 for Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu, demolished in the Blitz by an incendiary bomb.
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