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- The domed saloon there was designed by Lord Burlington in 1728 to house his fine art collection and to entertain friends, family and high society.
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Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in Mayfair, London. It was originally a private English Baroque and then Neo-Palladian mansion owned by the Earls of Burlington. It was significantly expanded in the mid-19th century after being purchased by the British government.
Burlington House was built in 1664 as a private mansion for Sir John Denham, a wealthy lawyer, poet and architect, who held the office of Surveyor General to the Crown.
Since 1857, Burlington House has been the home of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Society of Antiquaries, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Linnean Society, the Geological Society of London and the Royal Astronomical Society.
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The original Burlington House was built on the present site of the Royal Academy c.1670 by Sir John Denham for Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington, 2nd Earl of Cork and Baron Clifford of Londesborough in Yorkshire.
About Burlington House. Burlington House was built in 1664 as a private mansion for Sir John Denham, a wealthy lawyer, poet and architect, who held the office of Surveyor General to the Crown.
Designed by Sir David Chipperfield RA, the new campus allows visitors for the first time to wander freely from Burlington House to Burlington Gardens, while opening up new spaces for making, exhibiting and debating art and architecture. Since 1867, the RA has been based in Burlington House.
Mar 24, 2014 · Were William Kent (1685-1748) to come off Piccadilly and enter the Royal Academy of Arts quadrangle today he would still recognise Burlington House, with, in his own words, its ‘true Palladian front’, built by Colen Campbell in 1718-19.