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Gordon House is a large 19th-century detached house in Chelsea, London, SW3.〔 The house is sited in two acres of the south west corner of the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. It was designed by Thomas Leverton for Colonel James Willoughby Gordon.〔''ODNB''.〕 The house became part of the Royal Hospital following Gordon's death in 1851, and has recently been converted into a private residence.〔 ==History== The land on which Gordon House now stands was originally the site of Walpole House, the residence of Robert Walpole.〔 After Walpole's death it was subsequently acquired by the Earl of Dunmore. Following Dunmore's death it was bought by merchant George Aufrere and was inherited by Aufrere's son-in-law, Lord Yarborough.〔 The house was subsequently named for Lord Yarborough. Gian Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture ''Neptune and Triton'' stood in the octagon Summer house of Yarborough's house. Lord Yarborough sold the house to the British Government in 1808.
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