Dorchester House, completed in 1857, is attributed to Lewis Vulliamy for R S Holford although the Bedford Lemere daybook credits his nephew George Vulliamy. In 1905, Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambassador, rented the house, hosting many lavish functions here. After service as a hospital during the Great War, it was demolished in 1929 to make way for the Dorchester Hotel.
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
Client: Reid, Whitelaw
Architect: Vulliamy, Lewis
Architect: Vulliamy, George
Photographer: Jwc: Bedford Lemere And Company
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Salon, Victorian Town House