Palace · England · Partial ruin
Richmond Palace
Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames built by Henry VII around 1501 on the site of the earlier manor of Sheen. It was a principal royal house through the Tudor and early Stuart period, favoured by Elizabeth I. The palace was largely demolished after the Civil War; only fragments such as a gatehouse and site traces survive today between Richmond Green and the Thames.
Its prime
1603
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1603
The shape it held in its prime.
A sprawling Tudor palace of red brick with bands of white stone dressings, geometric octagonal towers, crenellated parapets and tall pepper-pot chimneys; mullioned windows and panelled long galleries face internal courtyards and a riverside terrace. A broad arched gatehouse spans a lane, attached to low brick boundary walls and clipped garden plantings; roofs are tiled and the façade shows regular rows of tall vertical windows letting light into galleries and chambers.
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9 places to explore in 1603.
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Families who held Richmond Palace.
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Tudor royal residence erected c. 1501 by Henry VII and a favourite home of Elizabeth I, who died there in 1603.
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