Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. It was laid out by the Adam Brothers for the Duke of Portland in the late 18th century, and in the early 19th century it was incorporated into the royal route from Carlton House to Regent's Park developed for the Prince Regent by John Nash. The street is unusually wide for central London, yet is kept relatively free of traffic. It still contains many of the spacious Georgian terraced houses built by the Adams, as well as some early 20th century buildings and a few post World War II bombing infills. Many of the houses are now occupied by company headquarters, professional bodies, and embassies. The landmark building of Royal Institute of British Architects sits directly opposite the Chinese embassy; for years practioners of Falun Gong have mounted a silent protest in front of the former and facing the latter. In addition, Portland Place remains a fashionable address with some very exclusive blocks of mansion flats. Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Kedleston Hall. ... The Duke of Portland is a peerage title created in 1716 for Henry Bentinck, who was already Earl of Portland. ... Carlton House was a mansion in central London, which is best known as the town residence of the Prince Regent for several decades. ... Regents Park (officially The Regents Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. ... Prince Regent (or Prince Regnant, as a direct borrowing from French language) is a prince who rules a country instead of a sovereign, e. ... John Nash (1752 – 13 May 1835) was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London. ... A street of British terraced housing In architecture and city planning, a terrace, rowhouse, or townhouse (United States) is a style of housing since the late 18th century where identical individual houses are cojoined into rows. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ... Falun emblem Falun Gong (Traditional Chinese: 法輪功; Simplified Chinese: 法轮功; pinyin: ; literally Practice of the Wheel of Law) or Falun Dafa (Traditional Chinese: 法輪大法; Simplified Chinese: 法轮大法; pinyin: ; lit. ...

Its northern end opens into Nash's elegant stucco semi-circle Park Crescent, which in turn leads on to Park Square and Regent's Park. There are two landmark buildings at the south end of the street, although both are technically in Langham Place: the grand late Victorian Langham Hotel, and BBC Broadcasting House. Langham Place is a short road which connects Portland Place to Upper Regent Street, although on the ground they all appear to be one street. Stucco is a fine plaster or cement used as a coating for walls or for decoration. ... Regents Park (officially The Regents Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. ... The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles during the Victorian era: Neoclassicism Gothic Revival Italianate Second Empire Neo-Grec Romanesque Revival (Includes Richardsonian Revival) Renaissance Revival Queen Anne Jacobethan architecture (the precusor to the Queen Anne style) British Arts and Crafts movement painted... The Langham Hotel is one of the largest and best known traditional style grand hotels in London. ... Broadcasting House is also the name of a BBC Radio 4 programme. ... Nashs Regent Street in 1829. ...

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