11/20/2022 0 Comments Shinobi sega![]() ![]() In August 2003, Prince Andrew was granted a lease agreement by the Crown Estate for 75 years. The Queen Mother died at the Royal Lodge in March 2002, with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II by her side. The original conservatory survives.Īfter the death of George VI in 1952, The Queen Mother continued to use the house as one of her country retreats as a grace and favour residence, until her death. ![]() The main building has some 30 rooms, including 7 bedrooms, and a saloon (48' by 30' by 30'). There are two lodges at the entrance, and groups of three cottages each side of the lodges. Wings were added on each flank in the 1930s. In 1931, King George V granted Royal Lodge to the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) as a country retreat. The grounds contain the miniature cottage Y Bwthyn Bach, a gift to Princess Elizabeth as a child from the people of Wales (1932). This was the result of work undertaken by the Duke and Duchess of York in the 1930s, with the assistance of Sir Eric Savill, of the Windsor estate. While the house has grown piecemeal since the 1840s, and remains relatively small and informal, the grounds have a unifying plan. The grounds extend to 98 acres (40 hectares), partly under its own head gardener, but mostly the responsibility of the Crown Estates Commissioners. It became a residence again in 1840, and was used as accommodation for various officers of the Royal Household to 1843, and 1873–1931. In 1823 Jeffry Wyatt (later Sir Jeffry Wyatville) succeeded Nash as architect, and the house (known now as the "King's Cottage") became known as the Royal Lodge in the late 1820s.Īfter 1830, King William IV ordered the demolition of all of the house, except the conservatory. The renovation of Cumberland Lodge was abandoned.Īdditions were made after 1820. It became known as the Prince Regent's Cottage after the prince moved into it in 1815. It was now a large and elaborate cottage in the contemporary style of the cottage orné, with thatched roofs, verandas, and a conservatory. The chapel is less than a hundred yards from Royal Lodge. The chapels of the Royal and Cumberland Lodges proved too small for the royal households in the early 19th century, and the Royal Chapel of All Saints was built in 1825 by Jeffry Wyatville. Alterations and additions were undertaken by John Nash for the Prince of Wales. He used the Lower Lodge as temporary accommodation in 1812. George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV), planned to rebuild Cumberland Lodge, after he had become Prince Regent. It was enlarged by 1792, and was the home of Joseph Frost, the Park Bailiff, and then of the General Superintendent of Farms, after Sandby's death. The house was then known as the Deputy Ranger's House. By this time it was known variously as the Lower Lodge, to distinguish it from Cumberland Lodge, then known as the Great Lodge, or the Dairy Lodge.įrom the mid-eighteenth century it was home to the military topographer and artist Thomas Sandby (brother of the better known Paul), as Deputy Ranger of the Great Park. By 1750 the small Queen Anne style brick house was being used in conjunction with the adjacent dairy. ![]() The Lodge dates originally from the mid-seventeenth century, there being a house on the site by 1662. ![]()
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