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Marquess), completely demolished. The bland exterior of Londonderry House concealed, for example, the aforementioned magnificently painted, and fresco-ceiling interiors by James "Athenian" Stuart who had, coincidentally, built the Temple of the Winds at the Londonderry's Ulster seat of Mount Stewart. The main stairway was meant to outdo that of
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Londonderry age on Park Lane drew to a close after the death of Edith, Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry. The last social events hosted by the family in Londonderry House were the debutante balls of Hon Elizabeth Keppel in 1959 and Hon Rose Keppel in 1961, hosted by their mother Lady Mairi Bury
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Catalogue reference entry D/X 2183 "Records Relating to Hon Elizabeth Keppel" : D/X 2183/1 "Thank you letters sent to Lady Mairi Bury from guests who attended a ball at Londonderry House, London, to celebrate Elizabeth's 18th birthday, 23
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commissioned James Brooks to build, in red brick with terracotta facings, a handsome new stable yard, coach houses, and accommodation for the stable staff of
Londonderry House, arranged around an internal courtyard (all of which were accessible via wide double doors opening on to Brick Street).
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Londonderry House, though the family retained twenty two rooms for their own use. Following the death of the 7th Marquess in 1949, his widow Edith continued in occupation by permission of the Trustees of her late husband's Will, until her death in 1959.
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chandelier and two individual flights of stairs flanking each other. This stairway led into the Grand
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