Traces of Past Empires

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Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea

The Duke of York's Headquarters was built in 1801 to the designs of John Sanders.

It was originally called the Royal Military Asylum and was a school for the children of soldiers' widows. It became the Duke of York's Royal Military School in 1892 and was then relocated to Dover in 1909, thereafter becoming a Territorial Army barracks.

It was sold off by MoD in 2000, and has now become upmarket housing, restaurants and the Saatchi Gallery of Modern Art!

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