Torrington Square

Torrington Square

Torrington Square is a square in Bloomsbury, owned by the University of London. Today it is a square in name only, most of the houses having been demolished by the university.

ee also

Other squares on the Bedford Estate in Bloomsbury included:
*Bedford Square
*Bloomsbury Square
*Gordon Square
*Russell Square
*Tavistock Square
*Woburn Square

Books on Bloomsbury architecture

*Steen Eiler Rasmussen: "London, the Unique City".

External links

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