It was also intended to halt the “ruinous rage for building”[1] on the north side of central London by the Bedford, Portman and Fitzroy Estates, amongst others.

[3] The London and Birmingham Railway company was denied the legal right to press further into the city and the line halted at the edge of the Southampton Estate, two blocks north of Euston Square.

The London and North Western Railway War Memorial forms the roundabout in front of the bus station.

The residential character of the old Euston Square has largely vanished, and the vicinity is now dominated by the stone facades of commercial and institutional premises, notably the Grade II* listed no.

Euston Square Gardens is a pleasant green space where rail travellers and local workers can relax.

London Borough of Camden Council, working with TfL and Network Rail, are agreeing a site restoration scheme with HS2 that will result in an enhanced Euston Square Garden.