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shaped garden square with Grade I listed terraced houses in the City of…",null,5,"commons/thumb/2/22/The_west_curve_of_Park_Crescent%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1524047.jpg/500px-The_west_curve_of_Park_Crescent%2C_London_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1524047.jpg",0],["Q1116552",51.51167,-0.09927,"St Benet Paul's Wharf","b","Church in the City of London",1677,5,"commons/thumb/0/02/St_Benet_Paul%27s_Wharf_%2814358111132%29.jpg/500px-St_Benet_Paul%27s_Wharf_%2814358111132%29.jpg",0],["Q3495309",51.51639,-0.09639,"St Anne and St Agnes","b","Church in City of London",1676,5,"commons/thumb/3/37/St_Anne_and_St_Agnes%2C_Gresham_Street%2C_City_of_London_-_22771711443.jpg/500px-St_Anne_and_St_Agnes%2C_Gresham_Street%2C_City_of_London_-_22771711443.jpg",1],["Q3736898",51.51341,-0.07913,"Church of St Katharine Cree","b","Church in City of London",1504,5,"commons/5/5f/St_katherine_cree_exterior.jpg",0],["Q7586911",51.5124,-0.10128,"St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe","b","Church in City of 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London,…",1881,4,"commons/thumb/3/3d/Tower_House%2C_Kensington%2C_January_2015_03.jpg/500px-Tower_House%2C_Kensington%2C_January_2015_03.jpg",0],["Q18159833",51.50932,-0.12718,"Edith Cavell Memorial","b","Memorial in London",1920,4,"commons/thumb/3/38/Edith_Cavell_Memorial%2C_St_Martin%27s_Place%2C_London.jpg/500px-Edith_Cavell_Memorial%2C_St_Martin%27s_Place%2C_London.jpg",0],["Q929928",51.50667,-0.13972,"Brooks's","b","London gentlemen's club",null,4,"commons/thumb/c/c3/Brooks_Club_London.jpg/500px-Brooks_Club_London.jpg",0],["Q5886833",51.4932,-0.1573,"Holy Trinity, Sloane Street","b","Church in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea",1890,4,"commons/thumb/6/68/Holy_Trinity_Sloane_Street_Church_Nave_2_-_Diliff.jpg/500px-Holy_Trinity_Sloane_Street_Church_Nave_2_-_Diliff.jpg",0],["Q7593514",51.4907,-0.1353,"St James the Less, Pimlico","b","Anglican church in Pimlico, Westminster, London",1859,4,"commons/2/21/St_James_the_Less_exterior.jpg",0],["Q18160093",51.5044,-0.1295,"Guards 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