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Oatlands Palace
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Otelands
In the civil parish of Woking.
In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of Surrey, 1974 county of Surrey).
The restored ruins and buried remains of Oatlands Palace, built mainly between 1537-45 for Henry VIII situated on the southern bank of the River Thames at Weybridge on the south western outskirts of London. The Palace was built around 3 main adjoining quadrangular courtyards covering 14 hectares and utilising an existing C15 moated manor house. Most of the palace was destroyed during parliamentary rule in 1650. The main planning of the palace has a typically Tudor emphasis on symmetry, balance and order ornamented by more fanciful architectural elements such as tall corner towers and lanterns. Still surviving is a brick-vaulted conduit along the course of the south western arm of the moat. A restored C16 brick carriage gateway with a tall four-centred archway topped by a stepped parapet survives on the north western side of the outer court with standing portions of the original enclosing wall. This incorporates a further now blocked entrance. Traces of a small banqueting house have also been found. The palace remains have been partly disturbed by the construction of modern housing estates between 1930 - 1980.
This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 286901)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ07716526
PastScape number;
394327
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p383-4
Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p30, 81, 116, 131, 154, 159
Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press) p49-50, 56, 60-61, 64, 65, 69, 74, 83, 118, 151
James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby) p160
Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works Vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p205-17
Pevsner, N. and Nairn, Ian, 1971 (Revised Cherry, Bridget), The Buildings of England: Surrey (London, Penguin) p392, 517
Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol1 (London) p146-8
Journal Articles
- Cook, A., 1969, 'Oatlands Palace excavations 1968, interim report' Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol16 p1-9
Kershaw, S.W., 1903, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol9 p182-90
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
Other sources and unpublished works (Theses, in-house reports and other such)
- Thurley, Simon, 1991, English Royal Palaces, 1450-1550 (unpub PhD thesis; London) p298-300
HBMC, [forthcoming], Excavations at Oatlands Palace
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