Friends events
Contrasts and Continuities in St James's
Wednesday 20 May 2015 11am - 12.30pm
Meet in courtyard outside Burlington House
£20. Friends only
Sold out
Friends of the RA book first
Our walking tour with Owen Hopkins (RA Architecture Programme Manager) examines the various buildings – both old and new – that have come to define St James’s as one of London’s most distinctive areas.
When the Royal Academy arrived at Burlington House on Piccadilly in 1867, St James’s, the district to the south, had already seen several transformations. By the 1690s, emerging with Henry VIII's founding of St James’s Palace, St James’s had become a firmly aristocratic area with grand houses along Green Park and Lord St Alban’s district around St James’s Square.