Burlington House
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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. Today, the Royal Academy and five learned societies occupy much of the building.
The façade of Burlington House, 2010
Burlington House from Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff's Britannia Illustrata, 1707
One of James Gibbs's colonnades at Burlington, functioned as wall to enclose the house from the street, in watercolour c. 1806–08. (later demolished)
Photograph of the original main block of Burlington House, before the addition of the top storey, the facade dated from 1725 and designed by Colen Campbell.
Piccadilly
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Piccadilly is a road in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is part of the A4 road that connects central London to Hammersmith, Earl's Court, Heathrow Airport and the M4 motorway westward. St James's is to the south of the eastern section, while the western section is built up only on the northern side. Piccadilly is just under 1 mile (1.6 km) in length, and it is one of the widest and straightest streets in central London.
View of Piccadilly and The Dilly hotel (on the left), looking towards Piccadilly Circus, 2009.
Piccadilly in 1970.
Piccadilly at night, 1970.
St James's Church has stood on Piccadilly since 1684, and was designed by Sir Christopher Wren