Gore House, built in the 1750s, was located in London

London

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, England

England

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, on the road that is now called Kensington Gore

Kensington Gore

Kensington Gore is a street in central London, England, the same name having been formerly used for the piece of land on which it stands. It runs along the south side of Hyde Park, continuing as Kensington Road to both the east and west. A gore is a narrow, triangular piece of land.The road is part...

. It was the most easterly of a row of 18th century houses built between Palace Gate and Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge

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. The house was decorated by the leading architect Robert Adam

Robert Adam

Robert Adam was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam , Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him...

.

Gore House had a three-acre (12,000 m²) estate. Between 1808 and 1821, Gore House was the residence of William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...

, associated with the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade. It was occupied by the Countess of Blessington and the Count D'Orsay

Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, Count D'Orsay

Alfred d'Orsay, known as the comte d'Orsay was a French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion in the early- to mid-19th century.-Life:...

 from 1836 to 1849. In May 1851, the house was opened as a restaurant by the chef Alexis Soyer

Alexis Soyer

Alexis Benoist Soyer was a French chef who became the most celebrated cook in Victorian England. He also tried to alleviate suffering of the Irish poor in the Great Irish Famine , and improve the food provided to British soldiers in the Crimean War.-Biography:Alexis Benoist Soyer was born at...

, with the aim of catering for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park

Hyde Park, London

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 to the north. After the exhibition, Gore House and its land was bought by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the international exhibition of 1851, officially called the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, held in The Crystal Palace in London, England...

. The Royal Albert Hall

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....

is now located here.