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30-522: The Kimpton Fitzroy London is a historic five-star hotel, located on Russell Square , Bloomsbury , in the London Borough of Camden . From its opening in 1900 until 2018, it was known as the Hotel Russell . The Hotel Russell was built in 1898 by the architect Charles Fitzroy Doll and opened in 1900. It is distinctively clad in decorative thé-au-lait ("tea with milk") terracotta and

60-494: A design by Charles Fitzroy Doll , dominates (its builders were connected with the company which created RMS Titanic ), alongside the Imperial Hotel , which was also designed by Charles Fitzroy Doll and built from 1905 to 1911. The old Imperial building was demolished in 1967. The square contained large terraced houses aimed mainly at upper-middle-class families. A number of the original houses survive, especially on

90-553: A design by British textile artist Kit Miles. The Hotel Russell is mentioned in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical Cats during the song "The Journey to the Heaviside Layer". The Hotel Russell is used as a location in the 1981 miniseries Kessler . The Kimpton Fitzroy London appeared on Top Chef: World All-Stars as the accommodation of the season's contestants. Russell Square Russell Square

120-607: A site which is included on the Register at Grade I or Grade II*. An online searchable register of all registered parks and gardens that are legally protected through the designation system, has been incorporated into the National Heritage List for England currently available through the Historic England website. This shows the relevant list entry which describes the park or garden, and shows where it

150-497: Is Stamford who subsequently introduces Dr Watson to Sherlock Holmes.) 51°31′18″N 0°7′34″W  /  51.52167°N 0.12611°W  / 51.52167; -0.12611 Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England The register aims to "celebrate designed landscapes of note, and encourage appropriate protection", so safeguarding the features and qualities of key landscapes for

180-663: Is a large garden square in Bloomsbury , in the London Borough of Camden , built predominantly by the firm of James Burton . It is near the University of London 's main buildings and the British Museum . Almost exactly square, to the north is Woburn Place and to the south-east is Southampton Row . Russell Square tube station sits to the north-east. It is named after the surname of the Earls and Dukes of Bedford ;

210-438: Is a material consideration in the planning process so, following a planning application for development which would affect a registered park or garden, local planning authorities must take into account the historic interest of the site when deciding whether or not to grant permission for any changes. Although the inclusion brings no additional statutory controls in itself, English local authorities are required by government to take

240-410: Is based around documentary research and field survey which attempts to classify and date each park according to set criteria. These are: As with listed buildings, parks and gardens are graded on a scale, Grade I being internationally significant sites are therefore the most important and constitute around 10% of the total number. Historically important gardens are Grade II* (about 30% of the total) and

270-511: Is on a map. Not all designated parks and gardens are open to the public. Information on historic parks and gardens can also be searched online via Parks & Gardens UK (a partnership between the Association of Gardens Trusts and the University of York ). This site does not claim to have any statutory authority and includes a wider range of sites across the UK. Eligibility for the register

300-669: The London Mathematical Society moved from rooms in Burlington House to De Morgan House, at 57–58 Russell Square, in order to accommodate staff expansion. The Cabmen's Shelter Fund was established in London in 1875 to run shelters for the drivers of hansom cabs and later hackney carriages (and taxicabs ). In 2002, the square was re-landscaped in a style based on the original early 19th century layout by Humphry Repton (1752–1818). Since 2004,

330-649: The Principal Hotel Company . In July 2018, the Principal Hotel Company sold 12 hotels in its portfolio (including The Principal London) to Covivio Hotels , which then licensed their management to InterContinental Hotels Group . The hotel was renamed the Kimpton Fitzroy London on 24 October 2018. The interior features contemporary design by lead designer Tara Bernerd & Partners. The bedrooms are decorated with

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360-485: The freehold remains with the latter's conservation trusts who have agreed public access and management by Camden Council. The gardens are in the mainstream, initial category (of Grade II listing) on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens . In 2005, two terrorist bombings occurred nearby; one on a tube train between Kings Cross St Pancras and Russell Square , the other on a bus (Route 30, on diversion) outside

390-499: The Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman . In John Dickson Carr 's detective novel The Hollow Man , the victim, Professor Grimaud, lives in a house on the western side of Russell Square. In Alan Hollinghurst 's novel The Swimming Pool Library (1988), the protagonist William Beckwith spends time here with his lover who works in a hotel overlooking the square. In chapter 6 ("Rendezvous") of John Wyndham 's novel The Day of

420-539: The British and, although a wealth of historic parks and gardens exist, they are a fragile and finite resource: they can easily be damaged beyond repair or lost forever. Since 1995, the Garden History Society has been a statutory consultee in relation to planning proposals which affect historic designed landscapes identified by Historic England as being of national significance and which are included on

450-415: The Earls and Dukes of Bedford , who developed the family's London landholdings in the 17th and 18th centuries. Between 1805 and 1830, Thomas Lawrence had a studio at number 65. Other past residents include the famous 19th-century architectural father-and-son partnership, Philip and Philip Charles Hardwick , who lived at number 60 in the 1850s. On the eastern side the Hotel Russell , built in 1898 to

480-592: The HQ of the British Medical Association on Tavistock Square . In condolence and commemoration the public and public institutions laid flowers at both squares; Tavistock Square has a later monument. In 2016 the Russell Square stabbing took place. Following the demolition of Bedford House , Russell Square and Bedford Square were laid out in 1804. The square is named after the surname of

510-543: The Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. This means that when a planning authority receives a planning application which affects a site on the Register, or the setting of such a site, the planning authority must consult the Garden History Society. This applies to registered sites of all grades. In addition, Historic England must be consulted where a planning proposal affects

540-524: The Triffids (1951) the main characters William (Bill) Masen and Josella Playton are photographed by Elspeth Cary in Russell Square while practicing with triffid guns. In Ben Aaronovitch ’s Peter Grant books, the first of which is The Rivers of London (also known as Midnight Riot ), The Folly – headquarters of British wizardry – is located in Russell Square. Russell Square is the location of

570-470: The early chapters of Thackeray 's Vanity Fair (1848), set in about 1812, Russell Square is evoked as the residence of "John Sedley, Esquire, of Russell Square, and the Stock Exchange ." Virginia Woolf set many scenes of her novel Night and Day (1919) in Russell Square. Jenny Chawleigh, daughter of business man Jonathan Chawleigh, lives with her father in Russell Square before she marries

600-568: The eponymous bookshop in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books . In the BBC's 2010 'Sherlock' episode entitled "A Study in Pink", Russell Square is the park in which the character of Dr Watson (Freeman) was re-acquainted with his previous classmate Mike Stamford (Nellist). The Imperial Hotel façade that lines Russell Square served as a backdrop for the park-bench conversation between Watson and Stamford. (It

630-538: The future. It is hoped that listing sites of special interest will increase awareness of their value and encourage those who own them, or who have a part to play in their protection, to treat the sites with due care, whether this is a question of carrying out appropriate maintenance or making changes to the site. If a park or garden has been registered using the designation process under the National Heritage Act 1983 it has legal protection. Registration

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660-413: The hotel's fixtures and fittings included an ornate Pyrenean marble staircase and an interior sunken garden. Each room was fitted with an en-suite bathroom, a great innovation at the time. A sister hotel by the same architect, the Imperial Hotel , was also built on Russell Square, but it was demolished in the late 1960s. The life-size statues of four Queens - Elizabeth I, Mary II, Anne and Victoria - above

690-525: The main entrance were the work of the sculptor Henry Charles Fehr . The façade, by Doll, incorporates the coats of arms of the world's nations (as they were in 1898) in the spandrels of the first floor. The hotel was one of the few that were not taken over by the War Office during the Second World War . It survived the war largely intact, but the magnificent dome that stood on the roof

720-702: The protagonist, Captain Adam Deveril (Viscount Lynton), in Georgette Heyer's Regency romance novel " A Civil Contract ", published in 1961. They converse about the history of the Square on Lord Lynton's first visit to the house, and Mr. Chawleigh is not impressed with the statue of the Duke of Bedford. 21 Russell Square is the murderer's street address in the novel (but not in the movie adaptation ) The Murderer Lives at Number 21 ( L'Assassin habite au 21 ) by

750-603: The protection of the historic environment into account in their policies and resource allocations. If material changes are made to a registered park or garden without having been granted planning permission first, local planning authorities may require that the changes are undone and, in extreme cases, a prosecution may result. The register is also used in influencing management decisions, to improve public awareness of important parks and elements within them and to encourage their owners to preserve and maintain them. Gardening and landscape design have long been important preoccupations to

780-517: The southern and western sides. Those to the west are occupied by the University of London , and there is a blue plaque on one at the north-west corner commemorating the fact that T. S. Eliot worked there from the late 1920s when he was poetry editor of Faber & Faber . That building is now used by the School of Oriental and African Studies (a college of the University of London). In 1998,

810-605: The two buildings on the southern side, at numbers 46 and 47, have been occupied by the Huron University USA in London (now the London campus for EF International Language Centres and is the Centre for Professional Students over the age of 25). On 7 July 2005, two terrorist bombings occurred near the square. One of them was on a London Underground train at that moment running between King's Cross St Pancras tube station and Russell Square tube station , and another

840-483: Was badly damaged in an air raid of 1941 and not replaced. Campaign for Better Transport , then known as 'Transport 2000' was launched on 6 February 1973 with a press conference at the Hotel Russell, London. The Russell Group of universities is named after Hotel Russell, where the first informal meetings took place. On 16 April 2018, the hotel reopened as The Principal London after an extensive renovation by

870-677: Was based on the Château de Madrid near the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. Its restaurant, which was originally named after the architect but is now called Neptune, is said to be almost identical to the RMS Titanic 's dining room, which he designed. Also in the hotel is "Lucky George", a bronze dragon on the second floor stairs. An identical copy was on the Titanic . Known for its palatial design,

900-437: Was on a bus on Tavistock Square , near Russell Square. To commemorate the victims, many flowers were laid at a spot on Russell Square just south of the café. The location is now marked by a memorial plaque and a young oak tree. The square was also the site of a mass stabbing in 2016 . The London Branch of École Jeannine Manuel has occupied 52–53 Russell Square since 2019. Russell Square appears in various novels. In

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