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chancel and transepts in Byzantine style, by Sir A. Blomfield,were added. The church was again burnt down by an arsonist in1987 and remodelled in 1874.The houses in Chester Square and the neighbourhood are not so pretentious as those in Belgravia, but it is still a fashionable placeof residence. In South Eaton Place, near the south end, stoodthe Star and Garter Tavern. The end of this street was called Burton Street until 1877. InElizabeth Street, first called Eliza Street in 1820, and until 1866divided into Upper Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth Street, andElizabeth Street South, stood the Dwarf Tavern, noted about

1760. At the south end, near St. Philip's Parochial Hall andParsonage, is St. Michael's Mission House, built in 1893. GeraldRoad, 1834 until 1885 named Cottage Road, contained the oldBelgravia Police station.Eccleston Street, with which in 1866 was incorporated EcclestonStreet South. A house on the west side inhabited by Sir FrancesChantrey was pulled down during the construction of the under-ground railway. On the same side is the Royal PimlicoDispensary, established in 1831. Part of the east side has beenrebuilt. In Eccleston Place is the station of the WestminsterElectric Supply Company, which supplies this district with electric

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History of Belgravia - Part 2Belgravia is bounded by Knightsbridge & Grosvenor Place, as faras Sloane Street and Ebury Street, and named after BelgraveSquare, which occupies the centre.Grosvenor Place, Lower Grosvenor Place, Hobart Place, EatonSquare, and Cliveden Place occupy the site of the King's privateroad, which had existed as a footpath, but was made a coach-road by Charles II. as a short-cut to Hampton Court. On the north

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Lower Grosvenor Place was named Arabella Row in 1789, butbecame known by its present name in 1789. Hobart Place was first so called in 1836, but part of it was calledGrosvenor Street West until 1869. It leads to Eaton Square,1,637 ft long by 371 ft wide, 15 acres, and contains 6 enclosed

gardens. At the west end is St. Peter's Church, built in 1826 fromdesigns by Hakewell at a cost of £21,515. After being nearlyburnt down in 1837, it was rebuilt by Gerrard, and in 1872 a

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