Everything about Woburn Square totally explained
Woburn Square is the smallest of the
Bloomsbury Squares and owned by the
University of London. Designed by
Thomas Cubitt and built between
1829 and
1847, it's named after
Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the
Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of Bloomsbury.
The original construction was of 41 second rate houses, smaller than those of adjoining
Gordon Square and hence with lower rents. The square was built on the boundary between the parishes of St. Pancras and Holborn and the boundary marker stones are still visible in the gardens. The two squares were built to improve land that was originally a swamp.
This narrow square was longer, extending down towards
Russel Square, before the southern half was demolished in the 1970's to make space for new buildings for the
School of Oriental and African Studies.
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