Thatched House Lodge
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Thatched House Lodge
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| Location | Richmond Park TW10 5HP, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, UK |
| Built | 1673; enlarged 1771 |
| Architect | Sir John Soane in 1771 |
| Governing body | Crown Estate |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Official name: Thatched House Lodge | |
| Designated | 6 October 1983 |
| Reference no. | 1242619 |
Coordinates: 51°25′39″N 0°17′7″W / 51.42750°N 0.28528°W
Thatched House Lodge is a Grade II-listed building in Richmond Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England. Since 1963 it has also been a royal residence, being leased from the Crown Estate by Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (born Princess Alexandra of Kent) and, until his death in 2004, her husband Sir Angus Ogilvy.
The main house has six reception rooms and six bedrooms, and it stands in four acres (16,000 m²) of grounds. The property includes gardens, an 18th-century two-room thatched summer house which gave the main house its name, a gardener’s cottage, stabling and other buildings.
The residence was originally built as two houses in 1673 for two Richmond Park Keepers, as Aldridge Lodge. It was enlarged, possibly by William Kent, in 1727 as a home for Sir Robert Walpole. The two houses were joined in 1771 by Sir John Soane and renamed Thatched House Lodge. It had also been known as Burkitt's Lodge.
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