Sometimes called Number One, London, Apsley House is still the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington and perhaps the only preserved English aristocratic townhouse of its period. It stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, facing the Wellington Arch across the roundabout.
Robert Adam designed the neoclassical house for Lord Apsley in the 1770s. Richard Wellesley bought it in 1807, and in 1817 it passed to his younger brother Arthur, the 1st Duke of Wellington. Officially the Wellington Museum and run by English Heritage, much of the Grade I listed house is open as a museum and art gallery. It displays the Wellington Collection, a large collection of paintings, other artworks and memorabilia from the 1st Duke's career.
The public rooms are kept as far as possible in the 1st Duke's original style and decor. The 9th Duke keeps a private family apartment across the northern half of the ground floor. The house suits visitors drawn to Georgian interiors, painting and the life of the 1st Duke.
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