Built from the 1870s, this square was one of the first large 19th-century developments in London to abandon stucco for red brick. This house, designed for a single family, remained much as built until 1950. The first owner was Francis Carr-Gomm, lately retired from the Madras Civil Service, who as chairman of the London Hospital in Whitechapel, raised funds for the support of the 'Elephant Man'. Other residents were the 2nd Baron Belper and the 8th Earl of Darnley. Lady Avebury, widow of the first Baron, bought the house in 1919 - running it with an indoor staff of fourteen - and it remained in the same family until 1949.
The house was then converted to flats and maisonettes. Residents have since included the actress Moira Lister and her husband Vicomte d'Orthez, interior decorator Mary Fox-Linton, Riccardo Mazzucchelli and Ivana Trump, and Michael Bloomberg.