Garrick's Villa, Richmond, England

The following is from the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest:

Later 18th century landscape garden acquired and modified by the actor and impresario David Garrick who was advised by Lancelot Brown amongst others.

LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING

Garrick's Villa is situated on the north bank of the Thames in the area known as Hampton, about 1 kilometre west of Hampton Court Palace. The Villa is separated from the Thames-side lawns (Temple Lawn) by Hampton Court Road. The Bushy Park Environment Centre at the south-west corner of Bushy Park lies to the east, beyond the late 20th century Hogarth Way, and Johnson's Drive to the west. The level grounds to the north of the road have been reduced, through development, from 2 hectares to about 1.5 hectares. The Thames-side lawn remains relatively intact, although in split ownership, and occupies about 0.25 hectares.

 REFERENCES used by English Heritage: 

J Cooke, The Modern Universal British Traveller (1779)

Country Life, 40 (23 December 1916), pp 756-762; 52 (9 December 1922), p 280; 130 (27 July 1961), p 201

D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), pp 81-82

J Harris, The Artist and the Country House (1979), p 280

B Cherry and N Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London 2 South (1983), p 480

J Garden History VI, (1986), pp 34-49

Maps

Sale map, 1822 (Richmond Local Studies Library)

Sale map, 1838 (Richmond Local Studies Library)

OS 25" to 1 mile: 1st edition published 1865

2nd edition published 1896

Description written: May 1998

Amended: October 2001

Edited: November 2001