Site: Wallace drinking fountain (1 memorial)
W1, Manchester Square, Hertford House, The Wallace Collection
Built in 1776 this was the townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. Originally known as Manchester House, it was let 1836-51 as the French Embassy, but was renamed Hertford House and from 1852 was used principally to house items from the art collection of the 4th Marquess of Hertford. The collection was named after his illegitimate son Sir Richard Wallace, to whom he left it together with as much property as was not entailed. Wallace's widow bequeathed the collection of paintings and objects to the nation and that forms the nucleus of the Wallace Collection.
The wrought-iron pedestrian gate piers are all topped with a gold crown, above the golden monogram VR, for Victoria Regina.
