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Somerset House is a large building complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge.The Georgian era quadrangle was built on the site of a Tudor palace ("Old Somerset House") originally belonging to the Duke of Somerset in 1547.
The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William Chambers from 1775 to 1780, home of the Courtauld Institute and the Courtauld Gallery since 1989. From 1958 to 1989 the Courtauld collection was housed in part of the premises of the Warburg Institute in Woburn Square; [9] it was thus separated from the Courtauld Institute, which was in Home House, Portman Square.
Originally the Courtauld was based in Home House, a townhouse designed by Robert Adam in Portman Square, Marylebone. The Strand block of Somerset House, designed by William Chambers from 1775 to 1780, has housed the Courtauld since 1989. [6] The Courtauld has been an independent college of the University of London since 2002. [7]
The Stamp Office, later to become the Inland Revenue was established in Somerset House in 1789. In the late 20th century, a number of art galleries were set up on vacant parts, including the Courtauld Institute of Art and the King's College London School of Law. [32] A 19th-century print showing St Mary le Strand and the Strand front of ...
Carey died at Somerset House, Strand on 23 July 1596 and was buried on 12 August 1596 at Westminster Abbey. On his deathbed his cousin Elizabeth I offered to create him Earl of Wiltshire; however, he refused, saying: Madam, as you did not count me worthy of this honour in life, then I shall account myself not worthy of it in death.
A 19th-century print showing St Mary le Strand at left, and the Strand front of Somerset House at right. It was restored in 1871 by Robert Jewell Withers, who removed the box pews and had them re-formed into the elegant benches with scrolling sides that one sees in the church today. The tiled floor in the nave and chancel are also his doing.
Why the Somerset house is uninhabitable after the crash. According to police and the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office, shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, Sean Patrick Cronan, 32, of Somerset ...
Somerset House was the civil service's first office block. Built 1776-80. Ground floor of windows set into a rusticated arcade, the three central arches providing access to the courtyard and buildings behind.