Historic London Buildings

Kenwood House is a stunning stately home designed by Scottish architect Robert Adam from 1764. The interior is more art gallery than a lived-in house, with changing exhibits and permanent art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Turner, among others. Some original Adam furnishings remain.
Hampstead Lane, Hampstead London, Greater London, England, NW3 7JR

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Heritage Highlight: Robert Adam interiors
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A Dutch-style house, built in 1631 by a prosperous merchant, later purchased by the royal family. Kew Palace was home to the daughters of King George III and Queen Charlotte, and you can still see the princesses' bedrooms. The royal kitchens have been restored and are now open to guests. Separate admission from Kew Gardens.
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew , London, Greater London, England, TW9 3AB

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Heritage Highlight: The Princesses bedrooms, a Georgian time capsule
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The London residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace dates to the 13th century. Around 1200 Archbishop Robert Walther established a house of Premonstratensian canons at Lambeth, on the south bank of the Thames. In addition to the monastic buildings, he built a private residence for himself. These early buildings are at the core of Lambeth Palace.
Lambeth Palace Road, London, Greater London, England, SE1 7JU

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Heritage Highlight: Historic buildings dating to the 13th century.
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A historic London market, located between Lime Street and Gracechurch Street. The site occupied by the market once held the basilica and forum of the Roman city of Londinium.
1a Leadenhall Market, Gracechurch Street London, Greater London, England, EC3V 1LT

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Heritage Highlight: Historic medieval market on the site of a Roman forum and basilica
Photos of Leadenhall Market
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Lincoln's Inn Gatehouse is the oldest of three entrances to Lincoln's Inn courts of law. The gatehouse was built between 1517 and 1521 by Sir Thomas Lovell, K.G. Lovell got the contract in no small part because of his court connections; his father served as Chancellor to Henry VIII.
Chancery Lane, London, Greater London, England, WC2A 3PT

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Heritage Highlight: Oldest surviving gateway to the historic legal enclave of Lincoln's Inn
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An elegant 17th-century townhouse in fashionable Chelsea, Lindsey House is built on the site of Sir Thomas More's garden. The National Trust tout Lindsey House as having one of the most attractive 17th-century exteriors in London.
99/100 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea London, Greater London, England, SW10 0DQ

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Charterhouse began as a Carthusian monastery on the site of a Black Plague burial ground. It was converted into a Tudor mansion and later into a residence for aged military men and a school for poor scholars. Highlights include the museum and the superb chapel, housing the ornate tomb of Thomas Sutton, the richest commoner in England.
The Charterhouse, Charterhouse Square London, Greater London, England, EC1M 6AN

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Heritage Highlight: Sir Thomas Sutton's ornate memorial
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The London Guildhall is the historic headquarters of London's city government. At the centre of this complex of medieval and modern buildings is the 14th-century great hall, built between 1411 and 1440 on the site of an earlier hall which might have been in existence since the reign of Edward the Confessor (1043-1066).
Guildhall Yard, Gresham Street London, Greater London, England, EC2 7HH

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval hall, the historic seat of the government of the city of London
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After the devastation of the Great Fire of London in 1666, Parliament passed a law that a monument should be erected on or near the place that the fire started at a bakehouse in Pudding Lane. To this end, Sir Christopher Wren was retained to design a column, or pillar, to commemorate the fire and the great losses incurred by the city. The result is the London Monument, or, as it is more properly termed, simply 'Monument'.
Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, London, Greater London, England, EC3R 8AH

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Heritage Highlight: A real London landmark, to a design by Sir Christopher Wren.
Photos of London Monument
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Marble Arch was designed by John Nash as a triumphal entrance to Buckingham Palace. When Nash's plans proved too expensive the arch was finished on a less grandiose scale by Edward Blore. It was moved to the north-eastern corner of Hyde Park in 1850 and aced as a visitor entrance for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Hyde Park, London, Greater London, England, W1H 7DX

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Heritage Highlight: Originally a triumphal entrance to Buckingham Palace
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