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===London work=== *[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|Kew Gardens]], Kew, Surrey, various structures: House of Confucius (1749) demolished; Frederick, Prince of Wales, Mausoleum (unexecuted); Gallery of Antiquities (1757) demolished; Orangery (1757β61); Temple of Pan (1758) demolished; Temple of Arethusa (1758) demolished; Alhambra (1758) demolished; Garden Seat (1758) demolished; Porter's Lodge (1758) demolished; Stables (1758) demolished; Temple of Victory (1759) demolished; Ruined Arch (1759); Theatre of Augusta (1760) demolished; Temple of Bellona (1760); Menagerie (1760) demolished; Exotic Garden (1760) demolished; Mosque (1761) demolished; Temple of the Sun (1761) demolished 1916 after damage in a storm; [[Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens|Great Pagoda]] (1761β62); Temple of Peace (1763) demolished; Temple of Aeolus (1763); Temple of Solitude (1763) demolished; Palladian Bridge (1763) demolished; Dairy (1773) demolished; and alterations to [[Kew Palace]] β demolished *Leicester House, [[Leicester Square]], alterations (1757) β demolished *[[Carlton House]], alterations, (1757β61), new porters lodge and remodelled entrance passage (c. 1761), later virtually rebuilt (1783β6) by [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]] β demolished *Richmond House, Whitehall, gallery, greenhouse, gate to [[Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall|Privy Garden]] (1759β60) β demolished *[[Parkstead House]] (formerly Manresa House and Bessborough House), [[Roehampton]] (1760) *47 [[Leicester Square]], Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]]'s house, new painting room and gallery (c. 1760-2) β demolished *[[Pembroke House]], Whitehall, internal decoration (1760) riding house (1773) β demolished *[[Buckingham Palace]] (then Queen's House), addition of north & south wings, west and east libraries, the Octagon Library, interior decorations and riding house (1762β68) β none of this work survives *Grantham House, Whitehall, alterations (1760s) β demolished *25 [[Grosvenor Square]], internal alterations (1762) β demolished *[[Richmond Palace]], [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], various designs (1762, 1764, 1769, 1775) β none executed *45 [[Berkeley Square]], internal decoration (1763β7) *13β22, 44β58 [[Berners Street]] (1764β70) *Gower House, [[Whitehall]], Chamber's largest town house (1765β74) β demolished *German Lutheran Chapel, [[Savoy Palace]], (1766) β demolished *20 Grosvenor Square, internal alterations (1767) β demolished *[[Kew Observatory]], [[Old Deer Park]], for George III (1768) *6 [[Cheyne Walk]], [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] (c. 1768) *[[St James's Palace]], internal decorations (late 1760s) *21 Arlington Street, [[Westminster]] (1769) *Milton House, [[Park Lane (road)|Park Lane]], entrance gate and screen (1769β71) β demolished *Bedford House, [[Bloomsbury]], London, alterations and internal decorations (c. 1769 β c. 1772) β demolished *79 [[Piccadilly]], alterations including addition of attic storey (1770β71) β demolished *Errington House (later Warwick House), Cleveland Row (1770β71) β demolished *House [[Knightsbridge]] (1770β72) β demolished *[[Wick House, Richmond Hill]] (1771β72) *3 [[St. James's Square]], internal alterations (1771) β demolished *[[Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath|The Earl and Countess of Mountrath's tomb]], St John's Chapel, [[Westminster Abbey]] (1771) *[[Albany (London)|Melbourne House]] Piccadilly, (1771β76) converted to the Albany by [[Henry Holland (architect)|Henry Holland]] (1803β4) *[[Marlborough House]], addition of attic and internal alterations including new chimney-piece in the state drawing room (1771β74) *14 Cecil Street, interior work (c. 1772) *62 [[Curzon Street]] (1773) *15 George Street, internal alterations and Doric porch (1774) *51 Grosvenor Street, alterations (1774β5) *[[Somerset House]], Chambers' [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]] (1776β96), the building was unfinished at Chambers' death and continued in (1829β31) under [[Robert Smirke (architect)|Robert Smirke]] who added the east wing
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