Queen Elizabeths Hunting Lodge, Chingford

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Great Standing; Great Standynge

In the civil parish of Chingford.
In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Waltham Forest, 1974 county of Greater London).

A former hunting lodge, completed in 1543 for Henry VIII and repaired in 1589. The building was converted to a dwelling in 1666. Owned by the Corporation of London since 1878 and used as a museum. The building is of three storeys and has a timber frame with plaster infill under a pitched tiled roof. Restored circa 1900 and circa 1990. Descheduled as Ancient Monument in 1999. This does not seem to have been a residential building but purely a viewing platform so presumably used when court was in residence elsewhere ?Waltham Abbey or a London Palace. This is probably the nearest hunting forest to London.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Major remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ39729477

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 1011665

• Web site links
  • http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/architectural_heritage/Buildingsoutsidethecity/hunting_lodge.htm
• Books
  • Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p16
    Powell, W.R., 1966, VCH Essex Vol5 p108
    RCHME, 1921, An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex. Vol2 [central and south-west] p50-1
• Journal Articles
  • 1975, Sussex Archaeological Collections Vol113 p194