St George's Square

Pimlico's development was started in 1835 by the landowner, the Marquess of Westminster, and the building was supervised by Thomas Cubitt who also designed the gardens.

[1] From the 1840s until 1874 the square had a pier, St George's Wharf, in latter decades its service expanded from watermen whose numbers were already low to steamers.

[2][3] The Church of St Saviour (1864) stands at the north end of the square;[6] it was designed by Thomas Cundy the Younger, surveyor for the Grosvenor estate.

[2] The overall shape and Cubitt's buildings remain: four and five storey white stucco townhouses whose number has been reduced.

More buildings are today on the east than west side, where a school ground occupies part.

The Huskisson statue in Pimlico Gardens by John Gibson (sculptor)
Houses lining one side and some of the tall trees opposite
View along the public gardens and the church in the same square, in the background.