Somerset House
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA - England, UK
Phone: +44 (0)20 7845 4600
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The current Somerset House building is the second building to be built on the Strand site, with the original Tudor Palace of 1547 being demolished in 1775. William Chambers designed the current structure in 1776, although he did not live to see its final completion some 25 years later in 1801. The building was designed to house such societies as the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Society. It is now used predominantly to house a variety of art collections, including the Hermitage Rooms, the Courtauld Institute of Art and the Gilbert Collection.
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