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Smith Square is a square located in Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
, part of the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, which is notable for St John's, Smith Square
St. John's, Smith Square

St John's, Smith Square is a church in the middle of Smith Square, Westminster, London. Sold to a charitable Trust as a ruin following firebombing in World War II, it was restored, the internal layout altered somewhat, and is now used as a concert hall....
, the church in the middle of the square now used as a concert hall. The square is notable in political history as the location of Conservative Central Office, the Conservative Party's
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 headquarters between 1958 and 2003, and Transport House
Transport House

Transport House on Smith Square and Dean Bradley Street, London, England, was the headquarters of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and also originally of the Labour Party , the Trades Union Congress, and the Workers' Travel Association....
 - now the headquarters of the Local Government Association
Local Government Association

The Local Government Association is a body for advancing the interests of local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales.The LGA has its Head Office at Local Government House in Smith Square, Westminster....
 but from 1928 to 1980 the headquarters of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
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Smith Square is a square located in Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
, part of the City of Westminster
City of Westminster

The City of Westminster is a London borough of London with City status in the United Kingdom. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, which is notable for St John's, Smith Square
St. John's, Smith Square

St John's, Smith Square is a church in the middle of Smith Square, Westminster, London. Sold to a charitable Trust as a ruin following firebombing in World War II, it was restored, the internal layout altered somewhat, and is now used as a concert hall....
, the church in the middle of the square now used as a concert hall. The square is notable in political history as the location of Conservative Central Office, the Conservative Party's
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 headquarters between 1958 and 2003, and Transport House
Transport House

Transport House on Smith Square and Dean Bradley Street, London, England, was the headquarters of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and also originally of the Labour Party , the Trades Union Congress, and the Workers' Travel Association....
 - now the headquarters of the Local Government Association
Local Government Association

The Local Government Association is a body for advancing the interests of local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales.The LGA has its Head Office at Local Government House in Smith Square, Westminster....
 but from 1928 to 1980 the headquarters of the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
.

At No. 17 is Nobel House, built in 1928 for the newly formed Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries

Imperial Chemical Industries is a United Kingdom Chemistry subsidiary of a Netherlands Conglomerate and one of the largest chemical producers in the world....
 (ICI). ICI leased it to the government in 1987, and it is currently headquarters for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental quality protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom....
.

The campaigning journalist William Thomas Stead
William Thomas Stead

William Thomas Stead was an England journalist. He was born in Darlington, the son of a Congregational church minister.Early journalism...
 lived at No. 5 from 1904 until his death on board the Titanic
RMS Titanic

The Royal Mail Ship Titanic was an Olympic class ocean liner superliner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
 in 1912.

The square was named after the Smith family, on whose land it was developed in the early eighteenth century. The original development of the square was carried out by Sir James Smith around 1726. Numbers one to nine are part of this original development. Sir John Smith, who was Conservative M.P. for Cities of London and Westminster from 1965 to 1970, lived at no. 1.

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