2-637-498 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Powis House, Great Ormond Street, Bloomsbury, London, c1714 (1878). The first version of Powis House was built in c1690 for William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis. It was later used as the French Embassy but burned down on 26 January 1713. A new house was quiclky built on the site which was occupied by the Spanish Embassy from 1764 to 1783. By the end of the 18th century the area had fallen out of favour with the aristocracy and the building had been demolished. From Old and New London Illustrated, Vol IV, by Edward Walford. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1878]