The premises at 6–9 Carlton House Terrace is a Grade I listed building and the current headquarters of the Royal Society, which had moved there from Burlington House in 1967.[79]
The ground floor and basement are used for ceremonies, social and
publicity events, the first floor hosts facilities for Fellows and
Officers of the Society, and the second and third floors are divided
between offices and accommodation for the President, Executive Secretary
and Fellows.[80]
The first Carlton House was named after Baron Carleton, and was sold to Lord Chesterfield in 1732, who held it on trust for Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Frederick held his court there until his death in 1751, after which it
was occupied by his widow until her death in 1772. In 1783, the
then-Prince of Wales George bought the house, instructing his architect Henry Holland to completely remodel it.
When George became King, he authorised the demolition of Carlton
House, with the request that the replacement be a residential area. John Nash eventually completed a design that saw Carlton House turned into two blocks of houses, with a space in between them.[81] The building is still owned by the Crown Estates and leased by the Society; it underwent a major renovation from 2001 to 2004 at the cost of £9.8 million, and was reopened by the Prince of Wales on 7 July 2004.[8]
Carlton House Terrace underwent a series of renovations between 1999
and November 2003 to improve and standardise the property. New waiting,
exhibition and reception rooms were created in the house at No.7, using
the Magna Boschi marble found in No.8, and greenish grey Statuario
Venato marble was used in other areas to standardise the design.[80]
An effort was also made to make the layout of the buildings easier,
consolidating all the offices on one floor, Fellows' Rooms on another
and all the accommodation on a third.[82]
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