149xl00 mm. View looking N along Old Court House Street towards Government House. Designed by Charles Wyatt of the Bengal Engineers and built for the Marquis of Wellesley between 1799 and 1803, the house was modelled on Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire and consists of a central area with a wing at each corner joined to the central structure by four curving passages. Above the apsideal termination of the centre of the S facade is a dome, placed on the building soon after its construction to relieve the monotony of the flat roofline and provide a more impressive elevation. The dome serves no structural purpose, being invisible from the interior, and was originally made of wood. This was replaced with an iron dome by Lord Dalhousie in 1852. For a discussion on the similarities between Government House, Calcutta and Kedleston Hall, see Nilsson pp.101-107 and Curzon i, pp.40-43. See also, N.V.H. Symons, 'The story of Government House' (Alipore, 1935).