Soho Square: Rectory House

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Sir Walter Besant, in The Fascination of London, published in 1903, continues his survey of Soho Square with this look at Rectory House which was built on part of the site of the demolished Monmouth House:

On the same side of Soho Square as the Hospital for Women is the Rectory House, which was probably built directly after the demolition of Monmouth House in 1773.

Here there are to be found all the characteristics of an eighteenth-century building, including a decorative ceiling by Flaxman.

In the south-west corner of the square there is the house in which is now the Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis.

This was at one time the headquarters of the Linnean Society, before its removal to Burlington House.

It contains some beautiful ceilings and cornices, and one room, now a female ward, is worthy of special notice.

A very lofty arched ceiling of rather unusual construction is beautifully decorated, and the overmantel and fireplace are exquisite.

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