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… Club was founded in 1819. Its object was 'to form a point of re-union for gentlemen who had travelled abroad; and to … and very recently acquired by the Royal Institute of British Architects, contains two highly finished sections … established. 127 In the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects there are two elevations signed by Barry …
Survey of London
… two club-houses are discussed together because the history of their design and erection is closely inter-related The … of Ireland 18414 and first President of the Institute of British Architects 183459; Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm … and (Sir) Robert Smirke (17811867), architect of the British Museum. 22 The first site to be considered for the …
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… Buildings No 111 Pall Mall No. 111 Pall Mall Occupied part of the site of the Athenaeum This house stood immediately west of Carlton … sketch book in the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects contains a design for 'Glass Frames' here. …
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… House No. 91 Pall Mall: Buckingham House Occupied part of the site of the Royal Automobile Club Buckingham House … the Foreign Office. An independent estimate made by the British and Foreign Marble Galleries placed their value at … four Coade stone copies of the Erechtheum caryatid in the British Museum, these supporting a moulded cornice and a deep …
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… 207, 208, figs. 624) took its name from the third Duke of Schomberg, for whom it was reconstructed in 1698. In 1769 … house (No. 82) was demolished in 1850, and the only part of the seventeenth-century building now surviving is the … moved to London again in 1779 and established a 'Temple of Health' at No. 4 Adelphi Terrace. 224 In 1781 Graham came to …
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… Mall: Cumberland House Formerly York House. Occupied part of the site of the Royal Automobile Club York House was built for Edward … materialized. In the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects there is a drawing (Plate 212b) signed …
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… Nos 93-95 Pall Mall: F.A. Winsor and the development of gas lighting Nos. 9395 Pall Mall: F. A. Winsor and the development of gas lighting Occupied part of the site subsequently … John Williams, An Historical Account of Sub-ways in the British Metropolis, 1828, p. 261. The Monthly Magazine, 1807, …
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… Nos. 9495 Pall Mall: The Star and Garter Occupied part of the site subsequently occupied until 1940 by the Carlton … two inns called the Star and Garter in Pall Mall. 55 a One of these had existed since at least 1740 58 and stood on the … H. S. Altham, A History of Cricket, 1926, pp. 28, 30, 53. British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, …
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… the site now occupied by 'No. 100 Pall Mall' The defeat of the Tories at the general election of 1831 impelled them to embark upon the reorganization of … and are now in the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The competitors were required to remodel …
Old and New London
… is a social animal." Aristotle, "Politics." Advantages of the Club SystemDr. Johnson on Club-LifeEarliest Mention of … Navy Club, the Philosophical Club, the Club of the Royal College of Physicians, the Political Economy Club, the Royal … Athenian sculpture which is known to every visitor to the British Museum as the Elgin Marbles. Among the best-known …