Current Status
It is one of the most desirable residential addresses in London. It is formed of a garden (restricted to residents) surrounded by red-brick houses, the majority of which have now been converted into flats or apartments. The square is south of Pont Street, east of Lennox Gardens, and west of Sloane Street. An independent preparatory school for boys in the square, Sussex House School, at number 68, was founded in 1953. The school is in a house by architect Norman Shaw.
Apartments or flats tend to be on short leases, and are sold for several million pounds. There are three or so houses on the square that have not been converted into flats, and these are worth at least £25m each.
The freeholder of most of the properties is Earl Cadogan, an English multi-billionaire, whose family has owned the land in Chelsea for several hundred years.
As with many properties in prime London areas, many of the apartments in Cadogan Square are unoccupied for a large part of the year.
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