Manchester Square

Manchester Square is an 18th-century garden square in Marylebone, central London. Centred 950 feet (290 m) north of Oxford Street it measures 300 feet (91 m) internally north-to-south, and 280 feet (85 m) across. It is a small Georgian square, predominantly 1770s-designed. Construction began around 1776. The north side has a central mansion, Hertford House, which is flanked by approach ways. Its first name was Manchester House and since 1897 it has housed the Wallace Collection of fine and decorative arts. The square forms part of west Marylebone, most of which sees minor but overarching property interests held by one owner (through lease reversions managed as the Portman Estate). Many buildings have been recognised by statutory protection as listed buildings.