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The Huskisson statue in Pimlico Gardens, described by Osbert Sitwell as "boredom rising from the bath"
St George's Square is a long narrow garden square in Pimlicomarker, Londonmarker, SW1. Pimlico's development was started in 1835 by the landowner, the Marquess of Westminster, and the building was supervised by Thomas Cubitt who also designed the gardens. St George's Square was originally laid out in 1839 as two parallel streets running north-south but by 1843 had been developed into a formal square, London's only residential square open to the River Thames. The first residents moved in in 1854. Until 1874 the square had its own pier for steamers.

St George's Square is in the parish of Hanover Square and was named after the patron saint of Britain. In the gardens, now known as Pimlico Gardens, stands a stone statue by John Gibson of William Huskisson M.P. - the first person ever to be run over and killed by a railway engine - wearing a Roman senatorial toga. The statue was originally designed for the London Royal Exchangemarker; it was placed in the gardens in 1915. The statue was described by Sir Osbert Sitwell as "boredom rising from the bath". The Church of St Saviourmarker (1864) stands at the north end of the square; it was designed by Thomas Cundy the Younger who was the surveyor for the Grovesnor Estate.

The square has had many notable residents. Author Bram Stoker died at number 26 in April 1912, author and gamesman Stephen Potter lived at number 56 in 1924 whilst teaching at a crammer in number 68 and William Makepeace Thackeray's eldest daughter Anne Ritchie made her home at number 109 from 1901 to 1912.

Much of Cubitt's original square remains and is predominantly four and five storey white stucco townhouses although they have now been divided into flat. A 2007 survey showed that the majority of residents (34%) are aged between 30 and 45 years old and the dominant ethnic group self-identifies as White British (75%).

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