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Asgill House

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Type
  
Residential

Opened
  
1758

Architect
  
Robert Taylor

Construction started
  
1757–58

Architectural style
  
Palladian architecture

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Location
  
Richmond, London, England

Awards and prizes
  
Listed as Grade I by Historic England

Similar
  
West Hall - Kew, 123 Mortlake High Street, The Boathouse - Twickenham, Clarence House - Richmond, Glover's Island

Richmond Place, now known as Asgill House, is a Grade I listed 18th-century Palladian villa 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. It has been described as a "among the last villas of importance to be erected on the banks of the Thames".

Map of Asgill House, Richmond, UK

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

Asgill House is now leased from the Crown Estate as a private residence.

References

Asgill House Wikipedia