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Lancaster House

Lancaster House is a mansion on in the district in the . Adjacent to , it is next to and , as much of the site was once part of the palace grounds.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: mansion in the St James’s district in the West End of London
  • Also known as: “Stafford House” and “York House”
  • Address: Stable Yard Road, London, SW1A 1BB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leicester Square and Clarence House.

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The area around , often called the West End, is the entertainment heart of . The area also includes Chinatown, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square.

Castle
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is a royal residence on in the , London. It was built in 1825–1827, adjacent to , for the royal Duke of Clarence, the future King William IV.

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The is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of in by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924. is situated 800 feet southwest of Lancaster House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St James’s and Victoria.

Neighborhood
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St James's is a district of , and a central district in the , London, forming part of the . The area was once part of the northwestern gardens and parks of St.

Suburb
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is an area of , in the . It is named after , which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Street, opened 1851.

Locality
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is a road and area in the , Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from to .

Lancaster House

Latitude
51.50382° or 51° 30′ 14″ north
Longitude
-0.13911° or 0° 8′ 21″ west
Inception
1840
Open location code
9C3XGV36+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4266524
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1146311
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Lancaster House” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լանքասթեր Հաուս”
  • Catalan: “Lancaster House”
  • Chinese: “兰卡斯特宫”
  • Chinese: “蘭開斯特宮”
  • Chinese: “蘭開斯特府”
  • Chinese: “蘭開斯特館”
  • Danish: “Lancaster House”
  • Dutch: “Lancaster House”
  • French: “Lancaster House”
  • German: “Lancaster House”
  • Hebrew: “בית לנקסטר”
  • Hebrew: “לנקסטר האוס”
  • Indonesian: “Lancaster House”
  • Italian: “Lancaster House”
  • Japanese: “スタッフォード・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “ランカスター・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “ランセスター・ハウス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lancaster House”
  • Norwegian: “Lancaster House”
  • Portuguese: “Lancaster House”
  • Russian: “Ланкастер-хаус”
  • Spanish: “Lancaster House”
  • Swedish: “Lancaster House”
  • Turkish: “Lancaster House”
  • “Lancaster House”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lancaster House”. Photo: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0.