Apsley House, London. (interior decorations and collections)

The Magazine Antiques | June 1, 1998| | Copyright

Apsley House, overlooking Hyde Park Corner in London, is one of the city's least explored treasures. Behind its restrained Bath stone facade are gilded interiors that house one of Britain's most spectacular collections of fine and decorative arts to remain in its original setting.

The house was designed by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778 for Henry Bathurst (1714-1794), Lord Apsley, later the second earl Bathurst. The elegant, five-bay house was built of red brick and was the first in a terrace along Piccadilly. It was also the first house one passed after the ...

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