Somerset House

British  

noun

1. a building in London, in the Strand, built (1776–86) by Sir William Chambers; formerly housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths: contains (from 1990) the art collections of the Courtauld Institute

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Example Sentences

Gyngell gave up her head chef’s job at the cafe in 2012 and two years later opened a London restaurant of her own, Spring, in Somerset House, overlooking the Thames.

From The Wall Street Journal

She went on to helm Spring restaurant at Somerset House and Marle and Hearth at Heckfield Place in Hampshire.

From BBC

Her later ventures included Spring at Somerset House, which was the first single-use plastic-free restaurant in London.

From BBC

Channel 4 will formally be welcomed as the new broadcaster at the traditional Presidents' Challenge event held at Somerset House, which sees the losing crew from the previous year's race formally challenge the winning crew to a race.

From BBC

The animals, created in part by students at Wimbledon College of Arts, will start near London Bridge on Friday morning and will then visit Soho, Somerset House, Coram's Fields, Camden High Street and Stratford.

From BBC