NOTES: Possibly associated with the palace design of 1638, monumental in elevation, of nine bays with three alternative treatments: arcaded, with a blocked order and square openings and with square windows set in channelled, rusticated walls. This large palace with extensive mezzanine accomodation was intended for a monumental rebuilding of the Strand front of old Somerset House, tied in to the 16th century courtyards behind it.
NOTES: This drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 1838 ('A Design for adding to St James;s Palace formerly approved', no. 1163).
NOTES: This palace was built for the 3rd Duke of Berwick and Liria, James Stuart Fitz-James, to designs by Ventura Rodriguez. The palace was almost completely destroyed by a bombing raid in 1936. Its faithful reconstruction, which lasted twenty years and involved Sir Edwin Lutyens (for interior rebuilding, circa 1950-1955), commenced once the Civil War was over.
NOTES: This palace was built for the 3rd Duke of Berwick and Liria, James Stuart Fitz-James, to designs by Ventura Rodriguez. The palace was almost completely destroyed by a bombing raid in 1936. Its faithful reconstruction, which lasted twenty years and involved Sir Edwin Lutyens (for interior rebuilding, circa 1950-1955), commenced once the Civil War was over.
NOTES: This palace was built for the 3rd Duke of Berwick and Liria, James Stuart Fitz-James, to designs by Ventura Rodriguez. The palace was almost completely destroyed by a bombing raid in 1936. Its faithful reconstruction, which lasted twenty years and involved Sir Edwin Lutyens (for interior rebuilding, circa 1950-1955), commenced once the Civil War was over.