Carlton House
Carlton House was a palatial building in London . It is best known for having been the principal residence of the future King George IV from 1783 during his time as Prince of Wales and during his reign .
Carlton House was on the south side of Pall Mall with its garden bordering St James's Park . The location of the house, where Carlton House Terrace is located today, was the main reason that the architect John Nash , who was important for the Regency art epoch , designed a boulevard along it, which runs from St James via Regent Street , Portland Place and Park Square led to Regent's Park .
The house, which the Prince of Wales moved into in 1783, was commissioned by Baron Carleton in 1714 . It had been rebuilt several times over the next few years, so that an architectural concept was largely lacking. The Prince of Wales had the house remodeled by the architect Henry Holland from 1783 to 1796 . The extensive construction work on the house was one reason for the prince’s high debt and thus also the reason that the prince – who was secretly married to the Catholic and twice widowed Maria Fitzherbert – officially married Princess Caroline von Braunschweig . The marriage was linked to a debt assumption by his father and an increase in appanage by Parliament.
On December 23, 1815, Prince Regent George IV decreed the dissolution of the King's German Legion . In 1820 the Prince of Wales succeeded his father to the throne. Although George IV considered extending Carlton House further, he finally settled on Buckingham House, which had more space for new wings and a large park. From 1826 it was expanded into Buckingham Palace .
Carlton House was demolished in 1825. However, its massive portico survived and has since served as the main portal of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square . Two apartment buildings, known as Carlton House Terrace, were built on the grounds of Carlton House by court architect John Nash . These extremely elaborately designed buildings are considered a prime example of the Regency style. The proceeds from the rental of the houses were used to build Buckingham Palace .
literature
- John Gloag: A Short Dictionary of Furniture. Revised and enlarged edition. Allen and Unwin, London 1977, ISBN 0-04-749009-8 .
- Dorothy StroudHenry Holland. His Life and Architecture. Country Life, London 1966.
- John Summerson : Georgian London. Barrie & Jenkins, London 1988, ISBN 0-7126-2095-8 .
itemizations
- ↑ History of the Hanoverian Jäger Battalion No. 10 - 383 pages, Siegfried Mittler and son, Berlin 1913.
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Coordinates: 51°30′22.9″ N , 0°7′54.6″ W