John Spencer Square

John Spencer Square is a neo-Georgian residential garden square in the heart of the Canonbury conservation area in Islington, London, England.[1]

John Spencer Square
General information
LocationJohn Spencer Square
London, N1
United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5461°N 0.0993°W / 51.5461; -0.0993
Completed1964
Design and construction
Architect(s)Western Ground Rents
Website
https://www.johnspencersquare.com/

It is named after Sir John Spencer, a wealthy city merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1594, who lived in nearby Canonbury House.[2]

History

The neo-Georgian open quadrangle apartment blocks, bordered by Compton Road, St. Pauls Road , Prior Bolton Street and St Mary's Grove,[3] were built on land sold by 1954 by the Earl of Northampton to property companies Western Ground Rents[4] and Oriel Property trust[5]

In the early 1950s, most of the Victorian villas on the site were bomb-damaged or dilapidated and planning permission for a development was granted in 1963 by Islington Borough Council.[6] The development, comprising 80 apartments of one to three bedrooms, was designed by Nash, the Surveyor for Western Ground Rents, and built by Canonbury Construction Co. in 1963-4.[7][8] The first residents, some still living at the square, purchased their off-plan flats for under £5,000 in 1964, before building was completed, and moved in in April 1965.[9]

Notable residents

References
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  2. "Islington Rapunzel". Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. "John Spencer Square". Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. "Parliament Hansard". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. Guillery, Peter; Kroll, David (25 July 2019). Mobilising Housing Histories: Learning from London's Past for a Sustainable Future. Routledge. ISBN 9781000702347. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. Cooke, Emma (9 February 2021). "Architects Guide Londons Fascinating Unknown Buildings". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. Baggs, A P; Bolton, Diane K; Croot, Patricia E C (1985). "Islington and Stoke Newington parishes". In Baker, T F T; Elrington, C R (eds.). Islington: Manors. pp. 51–57. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2021 – via British History Online. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  8. Forshaw, Alec (2001). 20th Century Buildings in Islington. London: The Islington Society. ISBN 9780954149000.
  9. Cosh, Mary (1993). Islington Parish. The Squares of Islington. Vol. 2. London: Islington Archaeology & History Society. ISBN 0950753262.
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