The Syon House, London, England; 1547; Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment
The Syon House, London, England; 1547; Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment The Syon House is located in the west part of London, in the county of Middlesex. It is about 10 miles from central London, and is known as a place of tranquility. The house is the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. Later, it was acquired by the ninth Earl of Northumberland in 1594, now serving as the family's residence (McAllister, "History of Syon House.") The property sit on two hundred acres of land. The perimeter of the house is the Syon Park, located near the bank of the River Thames. The Syon house is built on the site of the late medieval Syon Abbey and later destroyed by Henry the eighth during the reformation. This occurred when he broke from Rome and the Catholic church, so that he could remarry. Syon's interior was redesigned by the Scottish architect Robert Adam in 1762 under their commission. This included a gallery measuring one hundred and thirty-...