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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.
This area was parkland when Henry VIII was on the throne. It was landscaped under the Stuart monarchs and evolved into the Great Fountain Garden under William III; a 13-fountain parterre, framed by avenues of trees although only one fountain remains today, the East Front Fountain, which is hidden behind the statue.
Hampton Court Palace: Hampton Court: Royal palace: 1529–40: 2 September 1952 ... Fountain Garden Gates Hampton Court: Gate: Victorian: 2 September 1952
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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.
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 ...
The clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse to the inner court at Hampton Court Palace. It was designed by Nicholas Kratzer and made by Nicholas Oursian. [1] This pre-Copernican and pre-Galilean astronomical clock is still functioning.
Triumphs of Caesar (Mantegna), 1484–92, displayed in their own section of the palace. Anonymous – Field of Cloth of Gold c. 1545. Jacopo Bassano – The Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1544–45. Sir Godfrey Kneller – William III on Horseback, 1701; Hampton Court Beauties, 1690s. Sir Peter Lely – Windsor Beauties, 1660s.