[1] The square features a central lawn enclosed by metal railings; the houses surrounding it are listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England.
[2][3][4] The author Gavin Maxwell is a notable former resident of the square – he lived at No.
The novelist and short-story writer Jean Rhys lived in Flat 22 in Paulton House in the square from 1936 to 1938, and the writer Samuel Beckett lived at No.
Other residents include the painters Augustus John, at No.
Beckett, Blackett, Rhys, Fowler and Maxwell all have blue plaques.