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Somerset House

Somerset House
Photo: Anthony O'Neil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Somerset House was built from 1776 by Sir William Chambers as a grand neoclassical block of government offices, replacing a Tudor royal palace on the Strand. Its riverside quadrangle now hosts arts and cultural events, with a fountain court that becomes an ice rink each winter.

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