Apsley House
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Apsley House is the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington. It stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of Hyde Park, facing towards the large traffic roundabout in the centre o
The front of Apsley House in 2005
Apsley House in 1829 by Thomas H. Shepherd. The main gateway to Hyde Park can be glimpsed on the left.
Apsley House next to the gate
The statue of the Duke of Wellington facing Apsley House. Hyde Park Corner to the left.
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, known as The Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1771 to 1778.
Apsley House
…centre of which stands the Wellington Arch. It is a Grade I listed building. Designed by Robert Adam in the neoclassical style, the house was built for Lord Apsley in the 1770s. It was purchased by Richard Wellesley, in 1807, and passed to his younger brother Arthur, the 1st duke, in 1817. It was sometimes referred…
Portrait by David Martin
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance,