![]() In 1722, during the reign of King George I, three lavish state rooms were painted with trompe l’oeil ceilings and walls. Queen Anne occupied the palace for a short ten years and she died there in 1714. During her reign, she had 30 acres of beautiful gardens added to the property and she also commissioned the addition of an Orangery that was built in 1704. Later, two more extensions were added, the King’s Gallery and the Queen’s Gallery, for William and Mary’s extensive picture collection.Īfter the death of Queen Mary in 1694 and King William in 1702, Queen Anne became the principal resident of the palace. The building and the surrounding grounds became known as Kensington Palace and beautiful manicured lawns and formal gardens were also created on the estate. Wren kept the original structure but created a new entrance that now faced west and two additional wings were built one to the south-east for the King and another to the north-west that was the Queen’s Apartments. In 1689, William and Mary commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design an expansion on Nottingham House. 70 years later, after William and Mary became joint monarchs of England they purchased the house from the 2 nd Earl of Nottingham. Then, in 1619, the 1 st Earl of Nottingham purchased the house and it became known as Nottingham House. In 1605, Sir George Coppin built a two-story Jacobean mansion in the Kensington area of London. In this post, I will discuss the history and the architecture of this historic building. Currently, the palace is now the official residence of Prince William and his family, Prince Harry and several other members of the royal family. I was very excited to see the palace especially after reading so many books about two of its former occupants, Queen Victoria and Diana, the Princess of Wales. When we visited London in 1998, my son and I took a short walk to Kensington Palace from where we were staying in Notting Hill.
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