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Home House (20 Portman Square), London 
Westminster, London, England
Started 1773
Completed 1776
Status: Fully Extant
Westminster, London, England
Started 1773
Completed 1776
Status: Fully Extant
Special Info / Location/ Date
Special Info
Phonetic Pronunciation of House Name
Location
Country
England
District Today
London
Historic County
City / Town / Village
Westminster
Latitude
51.515549
Longitude
-0.154553
Date
Start Date
1773
Completion Date
1776
Circa Date
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Architects
| Designed | Took over from Wyatt; probably responsible only for interiors. |
| Date | 1773-76 |
| Designed | House |
| Date | |
Extant / Listed / References
Extant
Extant Type
Fully Extant
Extant Details
Listed
House Listed As
Grade I
Gardens Listed As
No Gardens
On SAVE Britain's Heritage's List of Buildings at Risk
No
Country House: No
Townhouse
References
Vitruvius Britannicus
Vitruvius Scoticus
J.B. Burke (Burke's Visitation of Seats)
Country Life
J.P. Neale (Neale's Views of Seats)
Access / Ownership / Seat
Access
Open to Public Please note: Houses listed as being open "By Appointment" are usually country house hotels or B&Bs.
By Appointment
Historic Houses Association Member
Phone Number If calling from the U.S., delete the first "0" in British numbers.
02076-702-000
Fax Number
02076-702-000
Email
Website
Awards
Current Ownership
Current Ownership Type
Club
Primary Current Ownership Use
Club
Current Ownership Use / Details
Today Home House Private Members Club
Seat ("Seat" is loosely defined
as any family that occupied the house for a period of 2 years or more)
Today Seat of
A Past Seat(s) of
Elizabeth, Countess of Home.
Possible (Unsure) Seat of
History / Gardens & Park / Movies
History
Earlier House(s) / Building(s)
House Replaced By
Built / Designed For
Elizabeth, Countess of Home
House & Family History
The Courtauld Institute, which occupied Home House for decades, left in the 1990s for new premises in Somerset House. After the Courtauld's departure new owners turned No. 20 Portman Square into Home House Private Members Club, joining it with Nos. 19 and 21. As part of the research untaken during the extensive and lavish refurbishment, it was revealed that the House was originally designed by James Wyatt. Wyatt was replaced by Robert Adam, who probably only designed the interiors (it had previously been believed that Adam designed the entire house). The decorative painter Antonio Zucchi (1728-95) worked with Adam on the interiors of Home House.
Collections
This field lists art objects that are currently or were previously in the collection of the house.
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Comments
Gardens & Park
Garden, Park, Follies and Outbuildings
Chapel & Church
Movies
Location for Movies / TV
"Alleyn Mysteries" (1993 - TV series, as Marsden House in the episode "Death in a White Tie"). "Carrington" (1995).
Bibliography
| Author | NA |
| Year Published | NA |
| Reference | January 1999, pg. 11 |
| Author | Colvin, Howard |
| Year Published | 1995 |
| Reference |
| Author | NA |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Reference | pg. 130 |
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