Asgill House

Residential in London, England

51°27′37″N 0°18′44″W / 51.46028°N 0.31222°W / 51.46028; -0.31222Construction started1757–58Design and constructionArchitect(s)Sir Robert Taylor

Listed Building – Grade I

Official nameAsgill HouseDesignated10 January 1950Reference no.1180412

Richmond Place, now known as Asgill House, is a Grade I listed^[1] 18th-century Palladian villa^[2] on Old Palace Lane in Richmond, London (historically in Surrey), overlooking the River Thames. The house is on the former site of the river frontage and later the brewhouse for the medieval and Tudor Richmond Palace. It is 8 miles (13 km) from Charing Cross and was built in 1757–58 by Sir Robert Taylor as a summer and weekend parkland villa beside the River Thames for Sir Charles Asgill, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1761–62.^[2] It has been described as a "among the last villas of importance to be erected on the banks of the Thames".^[3]

It was returned to its original appearance in a restoration of 1969–70 by Donald Insall Associates. This included removing the Victorian extensions.^[2]

Asgill House is now leased from the Crown Estate as a private residence.^[3]

The rear garden contains a 200-year-old copper beech tree, one of the Great Trees of London.^[4]

Gallery

Richmond Railway Bridge (1846) and Asgill House (1757) viewed from the River Thames
Plaque on the exterior wall of Asgill House at Old Palace Lane, commemorating Henry I, Edward III, Henry VII and Elizabeth I as residents of Richmond Palace
1831 lithograph as The Villa of Mrs Palmer

References

^ Historic England (10 January 1950). "Asgill House (1180412)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cherry, Bridget and Pevsner, Nikolaus (1983). The Buildings of England – London 2: South. London: Penguin Books. p. 524. ISBN 0-14-0710-47-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b "Asgill House" (PDF). Local History Notes. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ The Great Trees of London. Time Out Guides Ltd. 2010. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-84670-154-2.