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Clarence House
Hampton Court Palace
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Clarence House H (Summer Only): R: ind
Private Tours Available – Limited Availability
Clarence House alongside St James’s Palace, was built in 1825 for the Duke of Clarence, Prince Henry, by architect John Nash who also designed extensions to Buckingham Palace. When he became King William IV in 1830 he lived their until his death in 1837.
it was the official London home the present Queen after she as the then Princess Elizabeth ,married the Duke of Edinburgh in 1947. From 1953 until 2002 it was the official London home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Now days it is the official London residence of the Prince of Wales his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William and Prince Harry
Though it is principally used by the Princes to carry out their official work and liaison with the many organizations who they are involved with it is also used to entertain guest on state visits to the UK. However it is also a family residence and though the decor has changed several times over the last been seven decades much of the furniture and layout remains as it was when present Queen lived there.
Clarence house has many works of art in it with a large number of them owned by the Queen but they are complimented by Prince Charles own collection of paintings. It is possible to view some of these paintings and the rooms on the ground floor of the house when it is open to the public during the summer.
Clarence House
, St James’s Palace/ The Mall
London SW1A 1BA
Tel (Office hours):Telephone (+44) (0)20 7766 7303
Hampton Court Palace H; S; Ind.
The grounds of Hampton Court were originally a farming grange which was bought in 1236 by the Knights Hospitallers of St John Jerusalem. Archaeologists believe that it was used only for farming as excavations indicate there was one stone building which may have been used for storing produce from the farm and their other estates.
The estate was developed in the 14th century to include a guest house for visitors to the Royal palaces of Byfleet and Sheen which it was situated between. The closure of the Palace of Byfleet in the early 15th century. made the guest house unviable and the estate was later rented out.. As King Henry V11 had rebuilt the Palace of Sheen as Richmomd Palace the area was becoming popular with the privileged and one of the tenants an upcoming courtier – Giles Daubeney – used the estate as a base to entertain the English aristocracy.
Daubeney’s investment proved to be successful as King Henry stayed at the lodge several times and he went on to become the King’s Lord Chamberlain. When he died in 1508 the properly was taken over and developed by Thomas Wolsey who later became a Cardinal. The development impressive that King Henry who bought when Wolsey fell from grace it for £14. King Henry then turned the former manor house into a the even grander Hampton Court Palace.
It remained popular with successive English monarchs including Queen Elizabeth 1 until the mid 18th century. The last sovereign to use it was George 11 who following the death of his wife in 1737 never used the palace again. A century later crowned Queen Victoria ordered that the palace be opened to one and all.
Visitors are given tours of the King’s apartments, the Chapel Royal, the palace’s Tudor Kitchen and the maze in its grounds by guides wearing Tudor costumes
Free Admission Here With This Pass !
(Near Hampton Court Road)
East Molesey
Surrey
KT8 9AU
Tel: 0844 482 7777
