Gardens · London
Somerset House, Park Lane
In or near Tyburn.
Somerset House, Park Lane — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Marble Arch · 0.0 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
Somerset House is located in Westminster, London, with the postcode W1H 7EJ. The nearest railway station is Marble Arch, which is 0 km away. Entry is free, and the site is wheelchair accessible.
About
Somerset House, Park Lane is a garden of interest in england-london, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
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. The freehold of the house was always with the Grosvenor family, while the successive owners of the lease were the 2nd Viscount Bateman, followed by Warren Hastings, a former Governor-General of India, the third Earl of Rosebery, the Dukes of Somerset, after whom the house took its longest-surviving name, and finally the publisher George Murray Smith and his widow.
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Background
Description
]] George Murray Smith, born in 1824, occupied the house, which became known as 40, Park Lane, until he died in 1901. The lease continued in his family until 1915, The 2nd Duke of Westminster, as freeholder, was uneasy about allowing the two demolitions, "having regard to No. 40 having historical associations", but in the end he agreed to the scheme. Camelford House was demolished in 1913. When Mrs Murray Smith left she claimed that the house possessed "vaults with chains in them", including a cell said to have been used for prisoners being taken to Tyburn, but when this was investigated by the Grosvenor estate surveyor, Edmund Wimperis, he found nothing of the kind.
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- Coordinates
- 51.5131, -0.1578
- District
- Westminster
- Parish
- Westminster, unparished area
- Postcode
- W1H 7EJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
- Nearest railway station
- Marble Arch — 0 km
- Opening
- Monday – Thursday: 10:00 – 18:00; Friday – Saturday: 10:00 – 19:00; Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
- Official site
- www.mocomuseum.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7559881 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Somerset House, Park Lane (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Somerset House, Park Lane?
- Somerset House, Park Lane is in London, United Kingdom (postcode W1H 7EJ), in the parish of Westminster, unparished area.
- What is Somerset House, Park Lane?
- Somerset House, Park Lane — a garden in england-london, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Somerset House, Park Lane?
- The nearest railway station is Marble Arch, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode W1H 7EJ.
- How do I get to Somerset House, Park Lane?
- The nearest railway station is Marble Arch, about 0.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode W1H 7EJ.