Thurloe Square

Coordinates: 51°29′41″N 0°10′19″W / 51.49472°N 0.17194°W / 51.49472; -0.17194

Thurloe Square with the Victoria and Albert Museum in the background
The Ismaili Centre, to the north of Thurloe Place

Thurloe Square is a traditional garden square in South Kensington, London, England.

There are private communal gardens in the centre of the square for use by the local residents. The Victoria and Albert Museum is close by to the north across Thurloe Place and Cromwell Gardens. The nearest tube station is South Kensington to the west along Thurloe Street.

Sir Henry Cole (1808–1892), the first Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, lived at 33 Thurloe Square just opposite the museum. The building is marked with a blue plaque and is now the Kazakhstan Embassy.

The homeopath Margery Blackie lived and practised at no. 18 from 1929-1980. The building is marked with a blue plaque.[1]

The Yalta Memorial Garden which contains a memorial to those repatriated as a result of the Yalta Conference following World War II, Twelve Responses to Tragedy, is situated at the north of the square between the square and the Cromwell Road.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Blackie's home and practice on Thurloe Square". RBKC. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Communist Victims/Twelve Responses to Tragedy". War Memorials Online. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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