Editing Soho (section)

===Gentrification===
Building progressed rapidly in the late 17th century, with large properties such as [[Monmouth House]] (built for James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's eldest illegitimate son), [[Leicester Square|Leicester House]], Fauconberg House, [[Carlisle House, Soho|Carlisle House]] and Newport House.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=845}}

[[Soho Square]] was first laid out in the 1680s on the former Soho Fields; by 1691, 41 houses had been completed there. It was originally called King Square in honour of Charles II, and a statue of him was based in the centre. Several upper-class families moved into the area, including those of [[Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston]], and [[Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle]].{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|pp=130,846}} The square had become known as Soho Square by 1720, at which point it had fashionable houses on all sides.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=846}} Only No&nbsp;10 and No&nbsp;15 from this period have survived into the 21st century.{{sfn|Weinreb|Hibbert|Keay|Keay|2008|p=847}}

Though the Earls of Leicester and Portland had intended Soho to be an upper-class estate comparable to [[Bloomsbury]], [[Marylebone]] and [[Mayfair]], it never developed as such. Immigrants began to settle in the area from around 1680 onwards, particularly French [[Huguenots]] after 1688. The area became known as London's French quarter.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baker |first=Henry Barton |title=Stories of the streets of London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vmQvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA229 |publisher=Chapman and Hall Ltd. |year=1899 |page=229}}</ref> The French church in Soho Square was founded by Huguenots and opened on 25 March 1893, with a façade of terracotta and coloured brick designed by [[Aston Webb]].{{sfn|Girling|2012|p=104}}