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[its] north front possesses an air of solemn, sullen grandeur; but it very ill accords with the taste and science generally displayed by its nominal architect [George III].
... [Its foundations are] in a bog close to the Thames, and the principal object in its view is the dirty town of Brentford, on the opposite side of the river; a selection, it would seem, of family taste, for [George III's grandfather] George II is known to have often said, when riding through Brentford, "I do like this place, it's so like Yarmany [ie Germany]."
The premature fate of [the new] Kew Palace renders it at this moment an object of public curiosity