Design for an entrance gate at Hyde Park By Decimus Burton c. 1825

On the strength of Decimus’ experience at Regents Park he became involved in the refurbishment of Hyde Park to set off the King’s new home at Buckingham Palace. Decimus designed the paths, drives, lodges and gates including the Arch and Screen at Hyde Park Corner. Also associated with his work in the Park was the building of the parliamentary mews in Storeys Gate opposite Westminster Abbey, since demolished.

Museum Accession No: HASMG 998.25.13.4
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Design for an entrance screen with lodges at Hyde Park By Decimus Burton c. 1825

In 1824 Decimus Burton was commissioned to produce designs for the newly formed Athenaeum Club in Waterloo Place. The Hastings Museum has an early design for this building and an interior view showing the entrance hall.

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Interior of the entrance hall at the Athenaeum By Decimus Burton c.1830

When he set up practice in 1823 Decimus worked from offices built by his father in Lower Regent Street. In 1827 he moved to Spring Gardens next to Trafalgar Square and this was his base for the rest of his working life. A view of the lobby at Spring Gardens shows Decimus’ taste for Greek vases, antique statuary and gas lighting.

In 1830 he became architect to the new Charing Cross Hospital opposite what is now Charing Cross railway station. In nearby St. Martins Place he built premises for the Royal Society of Literature. Fine architectural perspectives of both these buildings are in the Hastings Museum. Decimus’ last great project in London was at Kew Gardens which were transferred from Crown to State in 1841. Here he was involved in the layout, in collaboration with the landscape architect William Andrews Nesfield, and in the design of the spectacular Palm and Temperate Houses.

Museum Accession No: HASMG 998.25.8.1
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Early design for the Athenaeum Club in Waterloo Place By Decimus Burton, January 1824

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Design for the Parliamentary Mews opposite Westminster abbey By Decimus Burton c. 1826

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Interior of the architects house in Spring Gardens By Decimus Burton c.1827

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Architectural perspective of Charing Cross Hospital By Decimus Burton 1830

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Design for a public building in Trafalgar Square, by Decimus Burton, 1831

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Elevation, plan and section of the Palm house at Kew Gardens By Decimus Burton, c. 1844

Museum Accession No: HASMG 998.25.13.12
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