Marlborough House
Marlborough House begins as a personal project: in 1711 it was built for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Queen Anne. The design came from Christopher Wren, working with his son, and the result was a two-storey brick mansion completed in that same year, with rusticated stone quoins and ornamentation credited to Edward Strong the Younger. For more than a century, it functioned as the London residence of the dukes of Marlborough, then passed into royal use through the 19th century and the first half of the 20th. In the Victorian era it became closely associated with the Prince of Wales—later King Edward VII—and his social circle. Queen Mary, Princess of Wales and later queen, lived here and continued her interest even into widowhood, with memorials to her and Queen Alexandra on the grounds. …
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