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Mar 24, 2022 · Richmond Palace, much loved home to the Tudors and once a stunning grand palace but sadly only a gatehouse remains today. 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.
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
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.
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.
Richmond Palace: its History and its Plan by John Cloake. This publication is out of print. We plan to reissue it in 2024. In 1501 King Henry VII celebrated the rebuilding of his palace at Shene by renaming it – and the village – Richmond.
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Jan 10, 2020 · Richmond Palace, built by Henry VII over the former mediaeval Palace of Shene, was once his kingdom's showplace. Sadly only some Tudor brickwork now remains Home
Apr 27, 2018 · Richmond Palace was rebuilt by Henry VII on the site of the old royal palace and manor of Sheen, once embellished by Edward III, where Richard II’s beloved queen, Anne of Bohemia, died in...
