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The Old Town Hall, Richmond
- The museum is located at the Old Town Hall, Richmond. A model of Richmond Palace is on permanent display at the museum. This window glass fragment from Richmond Palace is in the museum's permanent display.
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Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in England which stood in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Situated in what was then rural Surrey , it lay upstream and on the opposite bank from the Palace of Westminster , which was located nine miles (14 km) to the north-east.
Mar 24, 2022 · You can walk up to this impressive Tudor gatehouse built in 1501 by Henry VII. It started off as a substantial manor house in 1125 and became a royal manor house in 1327. Important events involving key Tudors took place at Richmond Palace.
May 14, 2024 · Henry VII took over the local palace of Shene, rebuilt it, and renamed it Richmond after his Yorkshire Earldom. Hence, as London place names go, Richmond is a relatively new kid on the block.
Just off Richmond Green, the attractive remains of Richmond Palace – the main entrance and red-brick gatehouse – date to 1501. Henry VII’s arms are visible above the main gate: the monarch built the Tudor additions to the edifice, although the palace had been in use as a royal residence since 1125. Elizabeth I died here in 1603.
Richmond Palace was a Tudor Palace, built by King Henry VII, on the banks of the River Thames in Surrey. It stood on the site of an old royal palace called Sheen, which was virtually destroyed by fire in 1497, and it was named after the King (who was known as The Earl of Richmond before he won the throne from King Richard III in the Battle of ...
The Museum of Richmond tells the story of Richmond from prehistory, through its rise in prominence as a royal residence in the medieval period to its modern status as a centre of the arts and fashion.
On show at the Museum of Richmond. Not much of Henry VII's palace remains, but a walk around the area between Richmond Green and the Thames reveals a few sections of the Tudor structure. What remains has been made into a private residence and is not open to the public.
