Adelaide Cottage (formerly known as Adelaide Lodge ) is a house in Windsor Home Park just east of Windsor Castle, in Berkshire. It is the principal residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The cottage incorporates building materials of John Nash’s Royal Lodge from Windsor Great Park. At the time of construction in 1831, it was described as “chastely elegant” and having two public rooms, in addition to a retiring room for the queen, and a pages’ room, as well as furnishings from the former royal lodge and a marble fireplace mantel in the regency Graeco-Egyptian style. [first]
The present cottage has four bedrooms. [2] The ceiling of its principal bedroom reuses decorative elements, including gilt dolphins and ropes, from the former royal yacht, HMY Royal George . It has been listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England since October 1975. [3] [4] Adelaide Cottage is located in Windsor Home Park. [5]
History [ edit ]
In 1831, under the supervision of architect Jeffry Wyatville, the house was erected in the picturesque style for the wife of William IV, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. [3] [6] [7] Queen Victoria often visited the residence for breakfast and tea. [5]
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Group Captain Peter Townsend, equerry to George VI, was given the property as a grace-and-favour residence in 1944. [8] [2] Townsend referred to the cottage as an “icebox” with only two radiators. [9] Simon Rhodes, the son of Elizabeth II’s cousin Margaret Rhodes, previously resided at the cottage. [2] Major renovations took place in 2015, with the historical architecture still intact. [2] In the summer of 2022, Adelaide Cottage became the home of William, Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. [8] The family pays market rent. [ten]
See also [ edit ]
Kensington Palace, the official London residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales
Anmer Hall, part of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, the country residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales
Llwynywermod, a house in Carmarthenshire, Wales, the Prince and Princess of Wales residence in Wales, owned by the Duchy of Cornwall
References [ edit ]
Occupied
Preserved/used for diplomatic and public visits
Historical
8 South Audley Street, Mayfair
Abergeldie Castle, Crathie and Braemar
Albany (London)
Allerton Castle
Audley End House
Palace of Beaulieu, Boreham‡
Barnwell Manor†
Beaumont Palace, Oxford‡
Fort Belvedere, Old Windsor†
Bentley Priory
Berkhamsted Castle¤
Birch Hall, Windlesham
Brantridge Park, Balcombe
Bridewell Palace‡
Brill Palace¤
Bushy House
Cadzow Castle¤
Caernarfon Castle
Cambridge Cottage, Kew
Cambridge House
Carisbrooke Castle
Carlton House‡
Castell and Ber¤
Castle Hill Lodge, Ealing‡
Castlewood House, Egham Wick
Chelsea Manor‡
Chevening
Chideock Manor
Criccieth Castle’s
Christ Church, Oxford
Claremont, Esher
Clarendon Palace¤
Cliveden, Taplow
Coombe Abbey, Combe Fields, Rugby
Coppins, Iver
Crocker End House, Nettlebed
Crosby Hall, London
Cumberland Cottage
Cumberland House‡
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Delnadamph Lodge‡
Dolbadarn CastleS
Dolwyddelan Castle threat
Dolphin Square
DONE CASTLE
Dover House
Dunfermline Palace¤
Eastwell Park, Kent
Edinburgh Castle
Eltham Palace§
Falkland Palace, Fife
Frogmore House, Windsor
Gloucester House, Weymouth
Gloucester House, London‡
Gloucester Lodge
Gunnersbury Park
Hanworth Manor‡
Hatfield House
Havering Palace‡
Ingestre House, Great Haywood
Kent House (Isle of Wight)
Kew House (Isle of Wight)
Kew Palace§
Kingsbourne House
King’s House, Winchester‡
Kings Langley Palace‡
Lancaster House
Leeds Castle, Kent
Leicester House, Westminster‡
Linlithgow Palace¤
Marlborough House
Montagu House, Blackheath‡
Castle of Mey, Caithness
Nether Lypiatt Manor
Nonsuch Palace‡
Norfolk House‡
Nottingham Cottage†
Oak Grove House
Oatlands Palace‡ and Park§, Walton/Weybridge
Osborne Cottage
Osborne House
Palace of Placentia, Greenwich‡
Queen Charlotte’s Cottage, Kew
Queen’s House, Greenwich
Ranger’s House, Blackheath
Ribsden Holt, Windlesham
Richmond Palace ‡
We got married Lodge
Royal Pavilion, Aldershot‡
Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Savile House
Savoy Palace‡
Schomberg House, 77 Pall Mall
Somerset House
Stirling Castle
Sunninghill Park‡
Sussex House, Hammersmith
The More, Rickmansworth
Theobalds House, Cheshunt
Walmer Castle
Palace of Westminster
Palace of Whitehall‡
Windlesham Moor
Witley Court, Great Witley
Woodstock Palace‡
York Cottage, Sandringham†
York House, St James’s Palace
Royal residences abroad
4 Route du Champ d’Enontrament, Paris, France
Château de la Croë, Cap d’Antibes, France
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
The pretty waters, must
Riven Rock, Santa Barbara, U.S.
Abundant lodge, kenya
Villa Guardamangia, Malta
Key: ‡ = demolished ¤ = now ruins § = partly demolished † = still owned
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