Benjamin Wyatt’s Correspondence
Amongst papers relating to Stafford House are a large number of letters written to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861), the second Duke of Sutherland, by Benjamin Wyatt, the architect ...
Designing the Interiors of Stafford House
The image above shows an extract from a document entitled ‘Queries to be submitted to the Marquis of Stafford relative to the completion of York House’. The document details work which was outstanding ...
Expenditure on Stafford House
The document above is a ‘Statement of Payments & Estimate for Stafford House’ which was made in November 1837. The document tells us about the people and money involved in the completion of Stafford House ...
Expenditure on the State Rooms at Stafford House
The document above is entitled ‘Statement of Payments on Account of the Estimate of £50,000 to finish Stafford House State Rooms from 1st January 1834 to August 1837’. The document provides details about ...
From York to Stafford: Negotiating the Lease of York House
Work began on Stafford House in 1825 when the Duke of York commissioned a property which he intended to call York House. However, when the Duke of York died in 1827, the freehold lease of the property ...
The Social Role of Stafford House
Many documents in the Sutherland Papers reflect the prestigious social role of Stafford House. Throughout the nineteenth century the house functioned as the centre of social life in London. In addition ...
Wyatt Vs. Sutherland, 1838
In 1838 the architect Benjamin Wyatt (1775-1855) brought a lawsuit against George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861) the second Duke of Sutherland concerning unpaid bills for drawings he had ...