The occupiers of this house, according to the ratebooks, were as follows:—
| 1782–84. | Thos. Hibbert. |
| 1784–94. | T. S. Jackson. |
| 1794– | Henry Gregg. |
The Council’s collection contains:—
[[756]]Ornamental plaster ceiling in front room on first floor (photograph).
LXXXVII.—No. 46, BEDFORD SQUARE.
Ground landlord and lessee.
Ground landlord, His Grace the Duke of Bedford, K.G.; lessees, Messrs. Royds, Rawstorne and Co.
General description and date of structure.
The lease[[757]] granted on 20th November, 1777, of No. 45, Bedford Square, refers to that house’s eastern boundary as “a messuage lately erected.”
No. 46 forms the western half of the central feature on the southern side of the square. It will be noticed in the photograph (Plate 97) that an unusual expedient has been adopted by introducing a central pilaster.