Somerset House is a grand, neoclassical quadrangle distinguished by its sweeping, symmetrical stone facades and a sprawling central courtyard that sits tucked just off the busy Strand. This structure, which reached its current form in seventeen seventy-six under the direction of architect William Chambers, occupies a site that has anchored royal life and government business along the River Thames for nearly five hundred years.
Somerset House
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