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Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces , a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties.
The Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [1] court for playing the sport of real tennis. It was built for Cardinal Wolsey between 1526 and 1529. Henry VIII of England played there from 1528. This court is still home to an active tennis club. In 2015 it was closed to visitors for major restoration works.
One of the wooden King's Beasts created in 2009 for the Chapel Court at Hampton Court Palace. In 2009, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Henry VIII, a new Tudor garden was created by Hampton Court in the form of the Chapel Court. To decorate the garden eight small wooden King's Beasts were carved in oak ...
Richmond Palace – a royal residence from 1497 until 1649, now ruined; Bridewell Palace – a royal residence from 1515 until 1523, now demolished. [2] Palace of Placentia – also known as Greenwich Palace, a royal residence from 1447 until 1660, when it was demolished; Palace of Beaulieu – a royal residence from 1515 until 1573
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In September 2015, the Royal Collection recorded 542 works (only those with images) as being located at Hampton Court, mostly paintings and furniture, but also ceramics and sculpture. The full current list can be obtained from their website. [2] They include: Triumphs of Caesar (Mantegna), 1484–92, displayed in their own section of the palace.
Hampton Court Palace. Hampton Court Place is a historic palace located on the north bank of the River Thames near Hampton in Greater London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Cardinal Wolsey began construction in 1514 of a royal palace, which was continued and expanded by Henry VIII after Wolsey's demise in 1530.
He died at The Pavilion, Hampton Court and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen Church, Mortlake. [5] His widow Katherine, whom he married in 1890, died at Hampton Court in 1954 at the age of 99. A great beauty in her younger days and a recluse after her husband's death, she was one of the longest residents of the palace. [6]