| Description | Front view of the palace with colonnade. Legend reads: The front of Carlton House, 1809. Carlton House was built by Baron Carleton, in 1709, on ground leased to him for 31 years at £35 per annum. It passed to his nephew, the Earl of Burlington in 1725. He gave it to his mother, in 1732, who sold it to Frederick, Prince of Wales. In 1783, the Prince of Walese, afterwards, George IV, was allowed a separate establishment, and Carlton House was assigned to him, and Henry Holland, the architect, was called in to repair and beautify the house. Carlton House was taken down in 1826, and the columns of the portico used for the National Gallery. |