Tate Britain on Millbank in London was designed by Sidney R. J. Smith, who gave it a classical portico and dome, with Higgs and Hill as builder. Sir Henry Tate founded it. John Russell Pope designed the central sculpture gallery, James Stirling the Clore Gallery in 1987 and Caruso St John a 2013 renovation. Charles Clore, Vivien Duffield and the government funded the Clore Gallery. The text says construction began in 1893, and the gallery opened on July 21, 1897.
The article calls the front classical and the Clore Gallery Postmodern. It gives no materials or dimensions.
It was renamed Tate Britain in 2000, and BP's sponsorship ended in 2012. It is the national gallery of British art from 1500 to the present and hosts the Turner Prize. The article gives no hours or ticket prices, but says free tours run hourly.
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