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Cumberland House

Cumberland House was a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall

Pall Mall

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in London

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Cumberland House was a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall

Pall Mall

Pall Mall may refer to:*Pall Mall, London, a famous street in central London*Pall Mall, Bendigo the historic main street of Bendigo, Australia...
in London

London

England

Matthew Brettingham

Matthew Brettingham , sometimes called Matthew Brettingham the Elder, was an 18th-century England who rose from humble origins to supervise the construction of Holkham Hall, and eventually became one of the country's better-known architects of his generation....
for Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany and was originally called York House. The Duke of York died in 1767 aged just twenty eight and the house was taken over by Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, whose name it has retained.

Brettingham's house was in a late Palladian style. It was seven bays wide with three main storeys plus basement and attics and was built of brick with stone dressings. The Duke of Cumberland made various alterations. He built a projecting west wing on the site of a neighbouring house that he purchased and added a pair of lodges flanking the forecourt, probably all to designs by Robert Adam

Robert Adam

Robert Adam was a Scotland neoclassicism architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him....
. Adam also made many designs for remodelling the interiors, which are now in the collection at the Sir John Soane's Museum, but only a few of them were carried out.

The house was sold to the Union Club

Union club

File:WSTM Headcases 0180.jpgThe Union Club of the City of New York, founded in 1836, is the oldest Gentlemen's club in the United States. Located on East 69th Street and Park Avenue in New York City, it occupies a National Historic Landmark building opened on August 28, 1933 and designed by Delano & Aldrich....
in 1801 and in 1806 it was purchased by the Board of Ordnance

Board of Ordnance

The Board of Ordnance was a United Kingdom government body responsible for the supply of armaments and munitions to the Royal Navy and British Army....
. From 1858 it housed the War Office

War Office

The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence ....
. An eastern counterpart to the west wing was added in 1809. Cumberland House was used by the government for just over a hundred years. The War Office also acquired several neighbouring houses, including Schomberg House

Schomberg House

Schomberg House is a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall, London in central London which has a colourful history. Only the street facade survives today....
, and knocked them together to form a large office complex. Cumberland House was demolished in stages between 1908 and 1911. The site is now occupied by the Royal Automobile Club

Royal Automobile Club

The Royal Automobile Club is a private club and is not to be confused with RAC plc, a motorists' organisation, which it formerly owned.It has two club houses, one in London at 89-91 Pall Mall, London, and the other in the countryside at Woodcote Park, Surrey, next to the City of London Freemen's School....
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