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Latitude: 51.4729 / 51°28'22"N
Longitude: -0.3037 / 0°18'13"W
OS Eastings: 517907
OS Northings: 176251
OS Grid: TQ179762
Mapcode National: GBR 7Z.S4Q
Mapcode Global: VHGR2.P78P
Plus Code: 9C3XFMFW+5G
Entry Name: The Queen's Cottage
Listing Date: 10 January 1950
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1262486
English Heritage Legacy ID: 434600
Also known as: Queen Charlotte's Cottage
ID on this website: 101262486
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond upon Thames, London, TW9
County: London
District: Richmond upon Thames
Electoral Ward/Division: North Richmond
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Richmond upon Thames
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Richmond
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Historic house museum Cottage Thatched cottage
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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
The Queen's Cottage
(Formerly listed as The Queen's Cottage, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS)
10.1.50
II*
Circa 1772. Said to have been designed by Queen Charlotte. Timber framing filled with brick. Gabled thatched roof. Two storeys with full-height projecting central wing flanked by single storey porches, with hipped, thatched roofs. Windows mullioned and transomed in timber. Used by Queen Charlotte and the Princesses as a Summer house and kept by Queen Victoria for her own use until 1897. Central room upstairs painted by Princess Elizabeth in early C19 to represent interior of a bower.
Listing NGR: TQ1885277464
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