Gloucester House, London

Gloucester House is a building at 137 Piccadilly, London, on the corner of Old Park Lane.

Gloucester House in 2013, with the Hard Rock Cafe frontage.

The first house was built early in the reign of George III, and was where Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin briefly exhibited the Parthenon Marbles before selling them to the Crown, who now hold them in the British Museum. It was occupied by Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh from 1816 until his death in 1834, after which it was occupied by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.[1]

The original Gloucester House

The house was demolished in 1904 following the Duke of Cambridge's death.[1] It was rebuilt as a luxury residence. The first Hard Rock Cafe opened here in 1971.[2]

References

Citations

Weinreb et al. 2008, p. 327.
"Gloucester House, Old Park Lane, Mayfair". Amsprop. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

Sources

Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, John; Keay, Julia (2008). The London Encyclopaedia (2nd ed.). Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-405-04924-5.

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[FOOTNOTEWeinrebHibbertKeayKeay2008327-1] Weinreb et al. 2008, p. 327.

[2] "Gloucester House, Old Park Lane, Mayfair". Amsprop. Retrieved 30 March 2017.