Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Building of the palace began in 1515 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the King to check his disgrace; Henry VIII later enlarged it. Along with St James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by King Henry VIII. In the following century, King William III's massive rebuilding
The Pavilion, Hampton Court million in 2007. The Pavilion was again for sale in 2012; priced at £10 million. The pavilion was occupied by Cecil Harmsworth King and his second wife Ruth Railton in the 1960s and 1970s. The Pavilion, Hampton Court The Pavilion is a house on Barge Walk in Hampton Court Park near Hampton Court Palace. It is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. It is the sole survivor of four pavilions for the Bowling Green at Hampton Court. It was designed by William Talman under the direction of Christopher Wren as part of William III's improvements to