Richmond Palace was a Tudor royal palace built for Henry VII, who named it after his former title, Earl of Richmond. Work began in 1498, and the palace was erected in about 1501. A fire in December 1497 had destroyed much of the earlier Sheen Palace. The article names no architect and calls the style Tudor, with Renaissance long galleries.
It was built of brick and white stone, with brass weather vanes, on about 10 acres (4 ha). The great hall was 100 by 40 feet (30 by 12 m), the chapel 96 by 40 feet (29 by 12 m) and the open gallery 200 feet (61 m) long. Elizabeth I died there in 1603.
After Charles I's execution in 1649, the palace was surveyed, sold for £13,000 and largely demolished over the next decade. Only fragments survive, including the Gate House, Wardrobe and Trumpeters' House, all Grade I listed.
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