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Hampton Court
Road
Hampton Court Park,
Flowerpot gates,
one of the entrances to the palace grounds from Hampton Court Road. Dates from
1699 and has putti with baskets of fruit and flowers by Nost.
Orchard Garden for the residents of the palace,
Knot garden to
show 16th century gardens, - an imitation of Tudor gardening, created in 1924.
Herb garden,
Lower Orangery built
for Queen Anne by Wren, with Montega Cartoons of the Triumph of Caesar
collected by Charles I., a ' plain utilitarian building
Clare Terrace built by Henry VIII,
Tilt yard. It is here that in Henry VIII's time
tournaments were held. Spectators sat on towers placed at intervals along the
high brick walls. Only one remains. The tiltyard became a kitchen garden under
William III, an ornamental garden in 1924. In the garden a sundial of 1765 from
Garrick's villa at Hampton. Restaurant by the Ministry of Public Building and
Works, 1965.
Lion Gates. The
chief north entrance to the palace, where Wren planned to have his grand
entrance from the Bushy Park Avenue. It is something of an anti-climax,
compared with the scale of Bushy Park, a feeble echo of Wren's dreams. The
stonework bears Queen Anne's monogram. The lions are seated upon massive stone
piers with engaged Tuscan columns on bulgy Baroque bases. The gates, which are
of excellent workmanship, but disproportionately small, have the monogram of
George I.
Bowling Green which
had four corner pavilions by Wren. Two were converted to a residence in the c
18, but all were demolished in 1852 except the one which has two canta
bay-windows and other additions disguising Wren's rectangular box with stone
quoins and hipped roof.
Stud House, a
neat exterior with stalls divided off by wooden arcades with Tuscan columns.
The house is chiefly c 1817-18
Long Water. An
artificial canal built for Charles II, which is bordered by an avenue of
stately lime trees. It is 1,300 yards
long and is frequented by herons, swans, ducks, and coots. Yellow and white-water lilies float on its
surface, and it has a healthy population of fish. It is
a Category II ecology site. A garden was planned to complement Wren's new wing
and it was completed in c.1710 with a semicircular canal, and within the
semicircle an intricate garden with box scrollwork was planted, probably
designed by Daniel Marot, with thirteen fountains and yew trees clipped into
obelisks. It is dominated by the
presence of the Palace. Tudor side of the Palace opened by Queen Victoria in
1894. A Typical plan laid out by Mary, wife of William III. The avenues from
the Fountain Court continue as three avenues across the Home Park with the Long
Water along the centre one, divided off from the semicircle by a Tijou screen.
Some way along Long Water, from the Home Park is the best view of the Versailles
approach to the palace
Gas works. Hampton Court Gas Co.
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