Somerset House

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Somerset House

(Placenames / Named Buildings) 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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