Parkstead House
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Parkstead House, formerly known as Manresa House and Bessborough House, is a neo-classical Palladian villa in Roehampton, London, built in the 1760s. The house and remaining grounds are now Whitelands
House façade
View of the building
Building foyer
Blue plaque for Gerard Manley Hopkins
William Chambers (architect)
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Sir William Chambers was a Swedish-born British architect. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, the Gold State Coach and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy
Parkstead House
…List for England. It was built for the 2nd Earl of Bessborough, an Anglo-Irish peer. Construction on the building started circa 1760, by the architect Sir William Chambers, who also designed Somerset House in London. It was completed in circa 1768. The building was inspired by Chiswick House and Foots Cray Place. A resident…
Chambers, painted in 1764 by Frances Cotes
The central courtyard of Chambers' Somerset House in London. The pavement fountain was installed in the 1990s.
Door handle from Somerset House, about 1785, designed by Sir William Chambers V&A Museum no. 4013-1855
Richmond Palace, not executed