The name may resonate with some of you, as it was for a long time the home of the UK's Registrar General of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and so became the repository of central official family records. This office moved out in the 1970s and in the ensuing period the complex of buildings has become an Arts and Cultural Centre.
For history buffs, this from Wikipedia:
"Somerset House is a large Neoclassical building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The Georgian quadrangle, which was built on the site of a Tudor palace belonging to the Duke of Somerset, was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1776. It was further extended with Victorian outer wings to the east and west in 1831 and 1856 respectively. Somerset House stood directly on the River Thames until the Victoria Embankment was built in the late 1860s."
Later edit 27/6/19 - by a strange coincidence this very shot forms the back scene to the BBC 1 Weather outdoor broadcasts this morning! 😇
Many thanks for all of your comments and favs recently - very much appreciated.
Like your shot of it