TWO TEMPLE PLACE OR ASTOR HOUSE LONDON WC2

 Two Temple Place , London, is a neo -Gothic mansion perched on the Embankment.

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TWO TEMPLE PLACE OR ASTOR HOUSE LONDON WC2

Built in 1895, for William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919), 1st Viscount Astor, the multi-millionaire from New York who became disillusioned with his native land, finally declaring, "America is not a fit place for a gentleman to live". On re-establishing himself in England, he commissioned John Loughborough Pearson (1817-1897) - considered the founder of modern Gothic-Revival architecture - to build him this mansion on London's Victoria Embankment overlooking the River Thames. After his death in 1919,John Jacob Astor died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912. Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS Titanic and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time with a net worth of roughly $87 million when he died his children sold the house to Sun Life of Canada and it continued to be used for offices until it was acquired by the Bulldog Trust. it opened to the public as the first London venue to specifically showcase publicly owned art from UK regional collections..

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