The Queen's Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Richmond upon Thames local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1950. A Georgian Cottage.

The Queen's Cottage

WRENN ID
ancient-trefoil-ash
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Richmond upon Thames
Constituency
Richmond Park MP: Sarah Olney (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1950
Type
Cottage
Period
Georgian
Address
The Queen's Cottage, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Kew Green, TW9 3AB
OS grid reference
TQ 179 762
Coordinates
51.47294, -0.30373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Queen's Cottage, built around 1772, is a notable structure in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and is said to have been designed by Queen Charlotte. The cottage features timber framing filled with brick and has a gabled thatched roof. It is two storeys tall, with a full-height projecting central wing and single-storey porches on either side, each topped with hipped, thatched roofs. The windows are timber and include both mullions and transoms. This cottage was used by Queen Charlotte and her daughters as a summer house, and Queen Victoria maintained it for her own use until 1897. An interesting feature is the central room upstairs, which was painted by Princess Elizabeth in the early 19th century to resemble the interior of a bower.

Local climate

The Queen's Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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