Somerset House
Historic site · Strand, England
Somerset House is on the Strand, WC2R 1LA, and is listed Grade I as NHLE 1237041 under the name SOMERSET HOUSE AND KING'S COLLEGE OLD BUILDING, an entry that covers the university building at the east end as well as the courtyard blocks. It is open to everyone seven days a week, 8am to 11pm.
History
The courtyard is the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court. The City of London boundary runs east along the Strand from Somerset House, and the Grade I Church of St Mary le Strand, NHLE 1236753, stands in the roadway between. The Grade II* Savoy Chapel, the Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, is NHLE 1264731, and the Grade II Savoy Hotel is NHLE 1236709, both on the same stretch of the Strand. Temple station, on the Circle and District lines, is 190 m away; Covent Garden is 565 m and Charing Cross rail station 634 m.
Visit
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA