Norland Square

Norland Square is a garden square in the Notting Hill area of London. Located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, runs northward from Holland Park Avenue to Queensdale Road. The mews street Norland Place runs eastwards of the Square.

Norland Square seen from its southern end.

Royal Crescent, a little to the west, was developed at the same time as the square.

Map of the Norland Estate.

The name of the square, as well as the nearby Norland Place and Norland Road, come from the Norland Estate which is the historic name for the farmlands in the northern part of Kensington Parish.[1] It was designed by architect and property developer Robert Cantwell, who laid out the area in 1837, and was constructed during the early Victorian era.[2] Cantwell also oversaw the almost contemporaneous Royal Crescent, which was likewise developed from the old Norland Estate.[3] Since the 1820s Cantwell had been involved in development plans for the larger Ladbroke Estate to the north.[4]

In 1876 Emily Ward founded the Norland Place School, which later relocated to other premises. A number of buildings in the street are now Grade II listed. [5] [6] [7]