Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of London was built in Walbrook between 1739 and 1752, in the then fashionable Palladian style by the surveyor and architect George Dance the Elder. The construction was prompted by a wish to put an end to the inconvenient practice of lodging the Lord Mayor in one of the City Halls. Dance won a competition over designs solicited from James Gibbs and Giacomo Leoni but construction was slowed by the discovery of springs on the site, which meant piles had to be sunk to form the foundations.

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Location: Mansion House, London, England
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