Clapton, a village adjoining to Hackney.
Abbey of St. Clare. See Minories.
Clare court, Drury lane.†
Clare market, Lincoln’s Inn fields, has a considerable trade for flesh, greens, &c.
Clare street, Clare market.†
Clare’s yard, Barnaby street.†
Claremont.
S. Wale delin. B. Green sculp.
Claremont, is the seat of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle at Esher. The house was designed and built by the late Sir John Vanbrugh, in a whimsical style of architecture, which is better shewn in the print than described. It was afterwards purchased of Sir John by his Grace, who has been at great expence in improving the place. The structure, though singular, does not appear to be irregular. It is built of brick with a good deal of variety in it, and of considerable extent, but not much elevated. The Duke has since built a grand room for the reception of company when numerous, which makes the ends of the house not appear similar. The house has a lawn in the front shaded on each side with trees, and the ground behind it rising gradually shews the trees there also, so that the house appears to be embowered by them except just in the front; and the white summer house with four little pinacles, one at each corner, built on the mount which gives name to the place, when viewed from before the front of the house, rises up finely from behind the trees, and all together forms a very pleasing appearance. The park in which it is situated is distinguished by its noble woods, lawns, walks, mounts, prospects, &c. The summer house call’d the Belvedere, at about a mile distance from the house, on that side of the park next Esher, affords a very beautiful and extensive view of the country quite round; yet that from the summer house at Esher place, which is just by, is perhaps no way inferior to it.
Clarges street, Hyde Park road. Thus named from Sir Thomas Clarges.