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Mount Street Gardens

1889 establishments in England1889 in LondonFormer cemeteriesGrade II listed buildings in the City of WestminsterMayfair
Mount Street, LondonParks and open spaces in the City of Westminster
Mount Street Gardens, London W1 geograph.org.uk 1536010
Mount Street Gardens, London W1 geograph.org.uk 1536010

Mount Street Gardens is a public garden off Mount Street in the west of the Mayfair area of London, England. The gardens were created in 1889 out of a former burial ground of St George's, Hanover Square, and named after the Mount Field, an area including a fortification dating from the English Civil War named Oliver's Mount. Several structures in and adjacent to the gardens are listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. These include the fountain, two cisterns, and the two K2 telephone kiosks and the Portland stone gate piers with lamps at the entrance by South Audley Street.

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Mount Street Gardens
Mount Street, City of Westminster Mayfair

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W1K 2SU City of Westminster, Mayfair
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