Grafton is named after Grafton Place, a diminutive side street just a stone’s throw from Euston station, and originally part of the Duke of Grafton’s FitzRoy Estate. It now falls under the boundaries of Somers Town, a district bordered by railways whose multitude of famous residents has included England footballer Joe Cole and Charlie Charles, of The Blockheads fame, not to mention a little-known writer by the name of Charles Dickens. Bridging Euston Square Gardens and the neighbouring Churchway, it sits in the shadow of the Grade II listed Euston Fire Station, built in 1902 to the designs of architect Percy Erskine Nobbs.