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Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] ... A nearby conservatory houses the "Great Vine", planted in 1769; by 1968 it had a trunk 81 inches (2,100 mm) ...
The oldest vine with a fully authenticated minimum age, and thought to be the largest in the world, is known as the Great Vine at Hampton Court Palace in England. It was transplanted under the direction of Lancelot Capability Brown to its current site in 1768. The variety is ‘Schiava Grossa’ (also called Black Hamburg, or Trollinger).
Tomb of George Lowe (1716–1758) 'father of the royal gardener at Hampton Court'. He was Master gardener to George II and father of George Lowe (b 1740) who planted the Great Vine in 1768 at Hampton Court Palace. George FitzClarence 1st Earl of Munster (1794–1842), a peer and soldier. Sir William Wightman (1784–1863), a judge.
Hampton Court, from the park. Hampton Court Park, also known as Home Park, is a walled royal park managed by the Historic Royal Palaces. [1] The park lies between the gardens of Hampton Court Palace and Kingston upon Thames and Surbiton in south west London, England, mostly within the post town of East Molesey, but with its eastern extremity within the post town of Kingston.
The King's Beasts, on the bridge before the Great Gatehouse. The King's Beasts are a series of 10 statues of heraldic animals that stand on the bridge over a moat leading to the great gatehouse of Hampton Court Palace. The original statues were commissioned by King Henry VIII to represent his ancestry and that of his third wife Jane Seymour ...
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.
Ernest Law, the historian of Hampton Court Palace, lived at the Pavilion until his death. [4] The pavilion was occupied by Cecil Harmsworth King and his second wife Ruth Railton in the 1960s and 1970s. [5] [6] In 2019 a replica was built next to the original by R W Armstrong & Sons Ltd. [7] The Pavilion
Effigy and epitaph of Sybil Penn, St Mary's Hampton Effigy of Sybil Penn, St Mary's Hampton. Sybil or Sibel Penn (died 1562) was an English courtier. Her roles at court included nurse and teacher to Edward VI of England and Lady of the Bed Chamber to his sisters, Mary I of England and Elizabeth I of England.