Asgill House

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 for the merchant banker Sir Charles Asgill,^[2] who was Lord Mayor of London in 1757–58.^[3] It has been described as "among the last villas of importance to be erected on the banks of the Thames".^[4]

Asgill House
Location within London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
General information
Type	Villa
Architectural style	Palladian
Location	Old Palace Lane, Richmond, London, England
Coordinates	51°27′37″N 0°18′44″W
Construction started	1757–58
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Sir Robert Taylor
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Asgill House
Designated	10 January 1950
Reference no.	1180412

It was returned to its original appearance in a restoration of 1969–70 by the then-leaseholder Fred Hauptfuhrer, aided by Donald Insall Associates. This included removing the Victorian extensions.^[2][4]

Asgill House has been leased from the Crown Estate since 1983 by the Asgill House Trust.^{[nb 1]} The trust preserves and maintains this historic house as a heritage asset.

The rear garden contained a 200-year-old copper beech tree, one of the Great Trees of London;^[5] the tree died in the winter of 2013/14.

Gallery

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

Notes

1. Asgill House Trust is a company (no. 01701275) limited by guarantee and a registered charity (no. 286270).