Frogmore
Frogmore | |
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King Charles III | |
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens | |
Official name | The Royal Estate, Windsor: Frogmore Gardens |
Designated | 30 September 1987 |
Reference no. | 1000587 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Official name | Gothic Ruin of Temple by Lake in Frogmore Gardens |
Designated | 2 October 1975 |
Reference no. | 1319305 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Kiosk to South East of Cottage in Frogmore Grounds |
Designated | 2 October 1975 |
Reference no. | 1319306 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Bridge from Island Leading to Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum |
Designated | 2 October 1975 |
Reference no. | 1319267 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Tea House to South of Frogmore House in Frogmore Grounds |
Designated | 2 October 1975 |
Reference no. | 1117779 |
Frogmore is an estate within the
Part of the gardens of the estate are set aside as burial places for members of the
Frogmore House and grounds
During her long widowhood, when she rarely visited London, Victoria spent much of her time at Windsor and at Frogmore.[6] She undertook further building work in the gardens, employing Samuel Sanders Teulon to construct a teahouse, and engaging Thomas Willement to redecorate the Gothic Ruin, originally designed by Wyatt and Princess Elizabeth.[5] In this setting Victoria placed the Indian Kiosk, and in her later years would often undertake correspondence in a tent set up nearby, attended by her Indian servant Abdul Karim.[5]
In 1900
Places of burial
Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum
The first of two
In the latter years of her life, the Duchess lived in Frogmore House and in the 1850s, construction began on a beautiful domed 'temple' in the grounds of the estate. The top portion of the finished building was intended to serve as a summer-house for the Duchess during her lifetime, while the lower level was destined as her final resting place. The Duchess died at Frogmore House on 16 March 1861 before the summer-house was completed so the upper chamber became part of the mausoleum and now contains a statue of the Duchess by William Theed (1864).[11]
Royal Mausoleum
The second mausoleum in the grounds of Frogmore, just a short distance from the Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, is the much larger Royal Mausoleum, the burial place of
Work commenced in March 1862. The dome was made by October and the building was consecrated in December 1862, although the decoration was not finished until August 1871. The building is in the form of a
Only Victoria and Albert are interred there, but the mausoleum contains other memorials. Among those is a monument to Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1843–1878), Victoria's second daughter, who died of diphtheria shortly after her youngest daughter May (1874–1878).[15] In the centre of the chapel is a monument to Edward, Duke of Kent, Victoria's father. He died in 1820 and is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor.[16]
One of the sculptures is of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in Saxon Dress, commissioned after Prince Albert's death and executed by William Theed (1804–91). It was unveiled on 20 May 1867 in Windsor Castle, and was moved to the Royal Mausoleum in 1938.[17] The plaster model, which was exhibited in 1868 at the Royal Academy of Arts, is on loan from the Royal Collection to the National Portrait Gallery, London.[18] Queen Victoria recorded in her diary that the idea for it came from Victoria, Princess Royal (her eldest child) and that the inscription on the plinth is a quotation from The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith.[19] The inscription on the plinth alludes to the poet's lament for the passing of the imagined village of 'Sweet Auburn'.[20]
The building has been closed to the public since 2007 because it is structurally unsound. The foundations are waterlogged, and the lower elements of the building are disintegrating. In February 2018, the Royal Household announced it was undertaking repair work on the mausoleum; the work is expected to be complete by 2023.[21]
Royal Burial Ground
Since its inauguration in 1928, most members of the royal family, except for Kings and Queens, have been interred in the
The Gothic Ruin, Queen Victoria's Teahouse and the Indian Kiosk
Various other structures stand in the grounds including the
Public access
The house and gardens are usually open to the public on about six days each year, usually around Easter and the August Bank Holiday. The Royal Burial Ground may be viewed from around its perimeter on the days that the gardens are open to the public. The Duchess of Kent's mausoleum may also be viewed externally, but is never open to the public.
Gallery
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Frogmore House
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Mausoleum of the Duchess of Kent
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Mausoleum of Queen Victoria & Albert, Prince Consort
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The Royal Mausoleum and the Royal Burial Ground
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Royal Burial Ground
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Indian rebellion of 1857
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An Indian Bean Tree
See also
- Windsor Great Park
- J. W. Burrow on the use of an image of the sculpture of the Queen and Prince Albert in Saxon dress.[17]
Footnotes
- ^ Charlotte’s ambition was to create a Paradis Terrestre, a secluded enclave enabling an escape from the rituals of court and modelled on the, almost contemporary, Hameau de la Reine at Versailles.[2]
References
- ^ Plumptre 1981, p. 87.
- ^ a b c Plumptre 1981, pp. 91–95.
- ^ RCT 1997, p. 33.
- ^ RCT 1997, p. 35.
- ^ a b c Tyack, Bradley & Pevsner 2010, pp. 680–683.
- ^ St Aubyn 1991, p. 343.
- ^ "Lord Louis Mountbatten". British Museum. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Thomas Ingram (d. 1872) - Frogmore Cottage, Windsor". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Historic England, "The Royal Estate, Windsor: Frogmore Gardens (1000587)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 September 2017
- ^ Plumptre 1981, p. 96.
- ^ "Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum". Mausolea & Monuments Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "History of Frogmore". The Official Website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ "Royal Mausoleum". Mausolea & Monuments Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "The Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Sculptures at Frogmore Mausoleum". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ RCT 1997, p. 45.
- ^ RCT 1997, p. 47.
- ^ Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 60778.
- ISBN 978-0300030150.
- ^ RCT 1997, p. 46.
- ^ Darby, Elisabeth; Smith, Nicola (10 October 1983). "Mourning Prince Albert". History Today.
- ^ Howard, Victoria (13 February 2018). "Queen Victoria's mausoleum at Frogmore to reopen for the visiting public". The Crown Chronicles. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Historic England, "Kiosk to south-east of Cottage in Frogmore Grounds (1319306)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 April 2020
- ^ Historic England. "Teahouse to south of Frogmore House in Frogmore Grounds (Grade II) (1117779)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ Historic England. "Gothic ruin of temple by lake in Frogmore Gardens (Grade II*) (1319305)". National Heritage List for England.
Sources
- St Aubyn, Giles (1991). Queen Victoria: A Portrait. London: Sinclair-Stevenson. OCLC 636229918.
- Royal Collection Trust (1997). Frogmore House and The Royal Mausoleum. London: Royal Collection. OCLC 57354259.
- Tyack, Geoffrey; Bradley, Simon; ISBN 978-0-300-12662-4.
- Plumptre, George (1981). Royal Gardens. London: OCLC 833434627.
External links
- Official website
- The Royal Collection Trust – Frogmore House (includes details for visitors)
- Historical images of Frogmore Royal Mausoleum dating from 1870–1901