Kew Palace is a Grade I listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. Mansion. 1 related planning application.
Kew Palace
- WRENN ID
- silver-dormer-hemlock
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1950
- Type
- Mansion
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/10/2017
TQ 1877 9/42
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW Kew Palace
(Formerly listed as Kew Palace, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS)
10.1.50
I 1631. Built by Samuel Fortrey a Flemish merchant whose initials with those of his wife are above the door. Square red brick mansion with Dutch Gables and classical cornices, and classical Orders on entrance front, all in cut and moulded brickwork. Pantile roof.
Three storeys and dormers. Entrance facade is seven bays wide, with the outer two on either side slightly advanced. Central entrance. Windows replaced in the C18. Entrance front altered in the C19. The interior is mainly C18 and early C19, with some earlier panelling. A Royal Residence from 1754 until 1818, at the death of Queen Charlotte. It was the home of Augusta, Princess of Wales, who had the garden laid out, during her widowhood. After her death the home of the Royal Princes. George III and Queen Charlotte lived here while waiting for the Wyatt Palace to be built.
Listing NGR: TQ1848077469
Detailed Attributes
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