Somerset House

noun

a building in London, in the Strand, built (1776–86) by Sir William Chambers; formerly housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths: contains (from 1990) the art collections of the Courtauld Institute

Example sentences from the Web for somerset house

  • This day two soldiers were hanged in the Strand for their late mutiny at Somerset-house.

    Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete |Samuel Pepys

  • He was a clerk in Somerset-house, or, as he said himself, he held ‘a responsible situation under Government.’

    Sketches by Boz |Charles Dickens