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Click for an enlargement of the interior of the King's Mews, Charing Cross, 1808.

Interior of the King's Mews, Charing Cross, 1808.

1833: Replacing the King's Mews

The National Gallery stands on the former site of the King's Mews. Comparing the Mews and the Gallery shows that the Gallery's architect, William Wilkins, used many of the construction methods of the Mews building.