SQUARES 221 
Squares In the new quarters of London, being cast In 
brass or copper, have nothing remarkable in them but 
their lustre; they are doubtless kept in repair, cleaned 
and rubbed with as much care as the larger knockers at 
gentlemen’s doors, which are of similar metal.” The 
usual plan now Is to place the statue facing the street, 
where a background of green shows it off to the 
passer-by. Thus Lord George Bentlnck is prominent 
in Cavendish Square, from which the equestrian central 
statue of the Duke of Cumberland has gone; and from 
Hanover Square, built about the same time as Cavendish 
(between 1717-20), Chantrey’s statue of Pitt gazes 
down towards St. George’s Church. In Grosvenor 
Square no statue has replaced the central one of 
George I. by Von Nost, which was placed there in 1726, 
and is described by Maitland as a “ stately gilt equestrian 
statue.” This Square is older than the two last men¬ 
tioned, having been built in 1695. In those days each 
of the spacious houses had its large garden at the back, 
with a view of the country away to Hampstead and 
Highgate. The garden was designed by Kent, but a plan 
of it about 1750 shows a considerable difference between 
the arrangements then and now, although some details 
are the same. The raised square of grass in the centre 
where the statue stood has now a large, octagonal, covered 
seat, apparently formed with the old pedestal. The 
walk round and the four wide paths to the centre are 
retained, but the smaller intersecting paths are replaced 
by lawns on which grow some fine old elms. The rail¬ 
ings with stone piers and handsome gates, shown in the 
engraving, have given place to much less ornamental 
Iron rails. 
Manchester Square is of later date. It was an open 
