Cambridge House
Cambridge House is a former 18th century city palace in London. It is on the north side of Piccadilly Street (No 94), overlooking Green Park . The building, classified as a Grade I cultural monument, is one of the few remaining aristocratic palaces in London and is also known as Egremont House , Naval and Military Club or The In and Out .
history
The house was built by Matthew Brettingham for the 2nd Earl of Egremont from 1756 to 1760 . His son and successor, the 3rd Earl , sold the house in 1794 as he lived mainly on his country estate, Petworth House . The house changed hands several times, including in 1822 it was acquired by George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley , who had some renovations made. In 1829 it was bought by Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge , the seventh son of George III . The Duke also had the house rebuilt, the current name of the house comes from this time. In 1850 the house was bought by the future Prime Minister Lord Palmerston , who lived in the house until his death in 1865. His funeral procession to Westminster Abbey started from Cambridge House. The house was subsequently acquired by the Naval and Military Club , who had the interior of the house remodeled by John MacVicar Anderson for use as a gentlemen's club in 1876 . The two courtyard entrances were also labeled In and Out in the 1870s , which is why the club is also called The In and Out . In 1999 the club moved to new premises in St James's Square . Various projects for a subsequent use of the vacant house were not implemented. In 2012, Simon and David Reuben bought the building to convert it into an exclusive residential building. At an estimated value of £ 200,000,000 , the 48-bedroom house would be the UK's most expensive home.
investment
The house has a courtyard separated from the street by a wall. Two wrought iron gates lead into the courtyard, from the inscription of which the house got its nickname. The three-storey facade clad with Portland stone in the Palladian style has a triangular pediment and a Venetian window on the first floor . In the late 19th century it received a new portal with the balcony above. The single-storey left side wing probably dates from the middle of the 19th century.
The building has a splendid, domed staircase, around which the representative rooms on the upper floor are arranged.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The National Heritage List: Naval and Military Club. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 21, 2013 ; Retrieved May 10, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The £ 200m wreck: Property magnate brothers plan to transform dilapidated London landmark into UK's most-expensive home. Retrieved May 10, 2013 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 20.9 ″ N , 0 ° 8 ′ 42.7 ″ W.