Queen Alexandra's House, Kensington Gore, London SW7
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Queen Alexandra's House, Kensington Gore, London SW7
Image: © Jim Osley Taken: 15 Jun 2015
Grade II listed building of 1884, built as student accommodation for women. Architectural description at this http://list.historicengland.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1217740 and this http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol38/pp325-348#h3-0012. The latter records that "the design for the building was prepared by Mr. C. Purdon Clarke, but that 'his plans were transferred to the late Mr. Robert Down for execution: Mr. Clarke, as an officer of the Science and Art Department, not having time to attend to the work". For more on the life and work of Caspar Purdon Clarke, architect and museum director, there is an entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or at this https://dictionaryofarthistorians.org/clarkec.htm.
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Image Location
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51.500665
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-0.178702