Ampthill Square Estate

The estate was built in the 1960s to replace dilapidated Victorian housing in the area.

[6] It takes its names from Ampthill, the Bedfordshire town where the Dukes of Bedford owned Houghton House.

[7] Half of the square itself was soon bought by the London and Birmingham Railway for its tracks into Euston station.

In this time, Charles Dickens bought his mistress Ellen Lawless Ternan a house at 2 Houghton Place, Ampthill Square.

[8] However, it fell into disrepair, including being directly hit by a bomb in the Second World War, and the estate was built on the site.