Melbourne House was built as a townhouse for the first Lord Melbourne in the 1770s, who hired William Chambers as architect. Less than thirty years later it was converted to independent freehold 'bachelor' apartments known as Albany, with architect Henry Holland overseeing the additions to and conversion of Melbourne House. Among the residents of Albany were Lord Byron, the future Prime Minister William Gladstone and author Thomas Babington Macaulay.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Architect: Chambers, William
Covered Way, Hanoverian Apartment