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Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in Mayfair, London. It was originally a private English Baroque and then Neo-Palladian mansion owned by the Earls of Burlington . It was significantly expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British government.
3 de mar. de 2022 · A history of Burlington House. Burlington House was built in 1664 as a private mansion for Sir John Denham, a wealthy lawyer, poet and architect, who held the office of Surveyor General to the Crown. He was offered some land by the King in recognition of the loyalty he had shown during the English Civil War, and the original house ...
A Faltering Start. Since 1857, Burlington House has been the home of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Linnean Society, the Geological Society of London and the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Historia. Burlington House c. 1890. Burlington arcade. La casa fue una de las primeras grandes residencias privadas que se construyeron en el lado norte de Piccadilly, desde 1660 en adelante. La primera versión de la casa la comenzó Sir Jonh Denham en (o justo después) de 1665.
This splendid mansion, now the home of the Royal Academy, the Royal Society, and other learned and scientific associations, dates its existence from the time of Charles II., having been erected by Richard Boyle, third Earl of Burlington, on the site of a house built by Sir John Denham, the poet, whose wife was the mistress of James II. when Duke...
The Burlington Estate is an area in Mayfair to the north of Piccadilly in the West End of London, England. [1] It was developed in the 18th century and owned by the Anglo-Irish Boyle dynasty, Earls of Burlington, in particular Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork (1694–1753).
26 de may. de 2024 · Burlington House: Stone Conduit Close. The history of Burlington House commences with the erection about 1665 of a mansion begun but not completed for Sir John Denham, poet and Surveyor General of Works, of which some parts still remain in the much reconstructed fabric of the present building.
