Trumpeters' House
Trumpeters' House is a Grade I listed building in Richmond in southwest London. It is located in Old Palace Yard close to Richmond Green on the site of the former Richmond Palace. A brick mansion it was constructed during the reign of Queen Anne during the early eighteenth century.
Sheen Palace had existed since the Medieval era. Henry VII had rebuilt this old site as a new Thames-side palace during the early Tudor era and renamed it Richmond Palace. It gradually fell into disuse over the following centuries. In the early eighteenth century the former middle gate of the palace was demolished and the house erected in its place around 1708. It was known as the Trumpeters' House due to the figures of the two trumpeters that had featured on the gate. The new property was designed for the soldier John Hill, the brother of Queen Anne's favourite Abigail Hill.[1][2] From 1765 the Old Richmond Theatre was located nearby.
In 1848 the Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich resided at the house after going into exile following the series of revolutions that shook Continental Europe that year. After visiting Metternich there, future British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli described it as "on Richmond Green the most charming house in the world".[3] It was later lived in by the electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi.[4] Since the late 1990s it has been the home of Baron Willem van Dedem (1929–2015), a Dutch businessman, art collector, art historian and philanthropist, and his wife Ronny. The gardens are open for private events.[5]
It was given Grade I status in 1950.[6] A gazebo at the far end of the gardens by the towpath of the Thames was constructed in the mid-eighteenth century and is itself Grade II listed.[7]
References
- ^ Historic England (10 January 1950). "The Trumpeters' House (1357749)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Lees-Milne p.290
- ^ Raboy p.319
- ^ Raboy p.39
- ^ "Willem Baron van Dedem". The Times. 10 December 2015. p. 66 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357749?section=official-list-entry
- ^ https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1065352?section=official-list-entry
Bibliography
- Cherry, Bridget & Pevsner, Nikolaus. London 2: South. Yale University Press, 2002.
- Cloake, John. Cottages and Common Fields of Richmond and Kew: Studies in the Economic and Social History of the Manor of Richmond Up to the Mid-nineteenth Century. Phillimore, 2001.
- Lees-Milne, James. English Country Houses: Baroque, 1685-1715. Country Life Books, 1970.
- Rabony, Marc. Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World. Oxford University Press, 2016.
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