The Queen's Cottage

Date:
27 Aug 2001
Location:
The Queen's Cottage, Richmond, Richmond Upon Thames, Greater London, TW9 3AB
Reference:
IOE01/05359/18
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

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5028 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS

The Queen's Cottage TQ 17 NE 1/3 10.1.50

II*

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Circa 1772. Said to have been designed by Queen Charlotte.

Timber framing filled with brick. Gabled thatched roof. Two storeys with full-height projecting central wing flanked by single storey porches, with hipped, thatched roofs.

Windows mullioned and transomed in timber. Used by Queen Charlotte and the Princesses as a Summer-house and kept by Queen Victoria for her own use until 1897. Central room upstairs painted by Princess Elizabeth in early C19 to represent interior of a bower.

Listing NGR: TQ1885277464

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/2148 IOE Records taken by Adam Watson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Adam Watson. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Watson, Adam

Rights Holder: Watson, Adam

Keywords

Brick, Thatch, Timber, Georgian Timber Framed House, Monument (By Form), Timber Framed Building, House, Domestic, Dwelling, Summerhouse, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Garden Building