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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.
Somerset House (built 1769–70; demolished 1915), was an 18th-century town house on the east side of Park Lane, where it meets Oxford Street, in the Mayfair area of London. It was also known as 40 Park Lane , although a renumbering means that the site is now called 140 Park Lane.
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]
Smoke billows out from the roof of Somerset House in central London on Aug. 17, 2024, after a fire broke out at the large neoclassical arts venue. Credit - Shivansh Gupta—AP.
Fire damage at Somerset House in central London, following a fire at the venue on August 17 (Stefan Rousseau/PA) Queen Elizabeth I is among the former stately home’s previous residents, having ...
Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines are tackling a blaze at London’s historic Somerset House, London Fire Brigade has said. The arts venue said “all staff and public are safe” and ...