Old Palace Terrace
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Old Palace Terrace is a terrace of houses in Richmond, London, fronting onto the southern corner of Richmond Green.[1] Built in 1692, when Richmond was in Surrey, they are a very early example of a brick terrace in England outside London.
History and description
[edit]The site of the houses was land owned by the Charterhouse of Shene until the dissolution of the monasteries, by 1635 it had become a large house owned by a Mr Kirkham.[2]
The houses were built in 1692 by local carpenter William Wollings for landowner Vertue Radford who had them put up as a speculative venture. Their construction was a particularly early example of the brick terrace to be built outside London as Richmond was then in Surrey.[3] In 1732 they were named Powell's Row with their named changed to that they hold today by the Vestry in 1851.[2] The houses are Grade II* listed and part of the Richmond Green Conservation Area.[4][5][6]
Notable residents of the houses include John James Heidegger who also lived for a time at nearby Maids of Honour Row, James Stephen Rigaud and his son Stephen Peter Rigaud who grew up there and later lived in 21 Richmond Green, and William Christian Sellé.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher, eds. (1995). The London Encyclopaedia (Rev. ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 677. ISBN 978-0-333-57688-5.
- 1 2 3 "Brewers Lane to Paved Court". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus, eds. (2002), London. 2: South / by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner (1. publ. by Yale Univ. Press ed.), Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, pp. 521–522, ISBN 978-0-300-09651-4
- ↑ "1, OLD PALACE TERRACE, RICHMOND, TW9 1NB, Non Civil Parish - 1065311 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "2 to 6 Old Palace Terrace, Non Civil Parish - 1065312 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ "Richmond Green Conservation Area Appraisal". London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 2026-10-04.