Kew Palace

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The Official Illustrated History

Susanne Groom and Lee Prosser

Kew Palace, which stands in the world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens in south-west London, is Britain’s smallest royal palace and the third building to bear that name. Built in 1631 as a merchant’s house, it later became the home of George III, Queen Charlotte and their large family, and a private place of recuperation for the so-called ‘mad’ king during his illness. Around the palace, the eighteenth-century royal pleasure grounds gradually evolved into the world’s centre for botanical study, shaped by Charles Bridgeman, ‘Capability’ Brown and others, and adorned with important garden buildings by William Chambers.

Tells the compelling story of Kew Palace from its use by the royal family in the eighteenth century to its repair and re-presentation in 2006
In the same series as Merrell’s highly successful official illustrated histories of Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace and the Tower of London