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Bushy House

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East side of Bushy House in 1992

Former names Upper Lodge
General information
Type House
Architectural style English classical architecture
Location
Teddington, London, England
Coordinates
51°25′13″N 0°20′21″W / 51.42028°N 0.33917°W / 51.42028; -0.33917Coordinates: 51°25′13″N 0°20′21″W / 51.42028°N 0.33917°W / 51.42028; -0.33917
Construction started 1663 (1663)
Renovated 1713–1715
Client
Edward Proger followed by, on rebuild, George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Owner Part of National Physical Laboratory
Design and construction
Architect William Samwell



North side of Bushy House in 2007


Bushy House is a Grade II* listed[1] former royal residence of William IV and then of the dowager queen Adelaide his former queen consort in Teddington, London, which George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax had constructed for his own enjoyment on the site of a previous house Upper Lodge, Bushy Park, between 1714 and 1715.


It is part of the National Physical Laboratory and its upper half, the upper two storeys. overlook adjoining Bushy Park. The house and 30 acres (120,000 m2) of surrounding Bushy Park land were taken as the site for the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in 1900 after concerns about flooding of the previously proposed site in the Old Deer Park, Richmond; it opened as part of this important laboratory in 1902.


The ground floor and basement levels of Bushy House were converted to laboratory space and Richard Glazebrook, the first director of NPL, and later directors, used part of the building as private accommodation. Bushy House contains a laboratories, two small museums that mainly contain old scientific equipment and rooms used for meetings and conferences.



History


Bushy House in its first form was built in 1663 by William Samwell for Edward Proger, at a cost of £4000 (equivalent to £562,000 in 2016), as the lodge of the Keeper/Ranger of Bushy Park in what was at the time the North Park part. Proger had been made Ranger of Bushy Park to reward him for his loyalty to King Charles II during his exile.[2]


It was rebuilt by Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (also spelt Montague) 1714 to 1715 after he had bought the three parks from the Duchess of Cleveland and was made ranger.[2] The house and office then passed to his cousin George Montague (1715–1737) and then to George's son George Montague-Dunk (1737–1771).[2] From 1771 to 1792, it was occupied by the grandson of the 1st Earl through his eldest daughter, Lord North, Prime Minister,[3] who had further homes such as in Epsom and the centre of London or Westminster.




Bushy House from an 1827 book illustration


In 1797, after the death of both Lord North and his wife, King George III appointed his son, William, Duke of Clarence, as Ranger of Bushy Park, carrying with it residence at Bushy House.[3] The future King William IV and his mistress Dorothy Jordan lived there together with their ten children until the couple's relationship came to an end in 1811.[3] William continued living there with the FitzClarence children and later his wife Princess Adelaide after they married in 1818. When at 6am on 26 June 1830 a messenger from London arrived at Bushy House with the news that the King was dead (so William was now King), he is said to have replied that he had 'always wished to sleep with a queen' and gone back to bed. As William had appointed her Ranger in her own right upon his accession, after William's death in 1837, Bushy House became Adelaide's official residence until her death in 1849.


In 1865, Queen Victoria offered Bushy House to the Duc de Nemours and other members of the exiled French royal family as they tried to restore the House of Bourbon. After his return to France in 1871, he kept Bushy House until 1897 in case he was forced to leave France again.


The new National Physical Laboratory was opened at Bushy House by the Prince of Wales (later King George V) in March 1902.[4]



References





  1. ^ Historic England. "Bushy House (1080870)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abc 'Spelthorne Hundred: Hampton Court Palace, parks', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1911), pp. 386-388. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol2/pp386-388 Accessed 1 October 2017.


  3. ^ abc Google Books
    The Story of Dorothy Jordan
    Armstrong, Clare & Jerrold, Bridgman
    Ayer Publishing, 1969

    ISBN 0-405-08672-5,
    ISBN 978-0-405-08672-4


  4. ^ "The National Physical Laboratory". The Times (36720). London. 20 March 1902. p. 6.




Sources




East side of Bushy House in 1901/1902








  • Eileen Magnello (2000). A Century of Measurement. Canopus. ISBN 0-9537868-1-1.

  • The Story of Bushy House









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