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88-713: A BMW i3 and a BMW 7 Series hybrid to a Nissan van and a Renault Twizy . The following chart shows the staff structure of the Royal Mews Department at the end of the twentieth century (when around fifty people lived and worked at the Mews). The position of Superintendent, which included oversight of the staff of the Mews, was abolished in 2000. The Royal Mews, Hampton Court Palace overlooks Hampton Court Green. It continues to provide accommodation for royal staff, and horses are stabled there from time to time. It
132-408: A Burlesque on Kent's Altarpiece at St. Clement Danes . According to Horace Walpole , Kent "was a painter, an architect, and the father of modern gardening. In the first character he was below mediocrity; in the second, he was a restorer of the science; in the last, an original, and the inventor of an art that realizes painting and improves nature. Mahomet imagined an Elysium, Kent created many." In
176-512: A Lantern roof, hot water heating apparatus and electric lighting'. The conversion duly took place, and accommodation was provided nearby for the chauffeurs. In the early 20th century problems had arisen due to inbreeding of the Hanoverian creams. In 1920 they were withdrawn from use and in their place, for the rest of the decade, bay horses took pride of place in the Mews. In the early 1930s, however, King George V began using grey horses for
220-483: A landscape designer, Kent was one of the originators of the English landscape garden , a style of "natural" gardening that revolutionised the laying out of gardens and estates. His projects included Chiswick House , Stowe, Buckinghamshire , from about 1730 onwards, designs for Alexander Pope 's villa garden at Twickenham , for Queen Caroline at Richmond , and notably at Rousham House , Oxfordshire, where he created
264-527: A landscape gardener he revolutionised the layout of estates, but had limited knowledge of horticulture . He complemented his houses and gardens with stately furniture for major buildings including Hampton Court Palace , Chiswick House, Devonshire House and Rousham. Kent was born in Bridlington , East Riding of Yorkshire , and baptised on 1 January 1686, as William Cant. His parents were William and Esther Cant (née Shimmings). Kent's career began as
308-416: A sequence of Arcadian set-pieces punctuated with temples, cascades, grottoes, Palladian bridges and exedra , opening the field for the larger scale achievements of Capability Brown in the following generation. Smaller Kent works can be found at Shotover Park , Oxfordshire, including a faux Gothic eyecatcher and a domed pavilion. His all-but-lost gardens at Claremont , Surrey, have recently been restored. It
352-517: A sign and coach painter, and he was encouraged to study art, design and architecture by his employer. A group of Yorkshire gentlemen sent Kent for a period of study in Rome, and he set sail on 22 July 1709 from Deal, Kent , arriving at Livorno on 15 October. By 18 November he was in Florence , staying there until April 1710 before finally setting off for Rome. In 1713 he was awarded the second medal in
396-652: A time when the Royal Parks were on the fringes of the city and most squares in London were garden squares open only to the residents of their surrounding houses. On 15 June 1820, the Guards in the Royal Mews mutinied in support of Caroline of Brunswick , whom King George IV was seeking to divorce. The whole site was cleared in the late 1820s to create Trafalgar Square , laid out in 1837–1844 after delays, and
440-441: Is Queen Victoria 's state sledge, one of a number of royal sleighs in the Mews. Also on display are some of the historic and immaculately kept liveries and harnesses (which likewise see regular use), ranging from the plainer items used for exercising and working horses, to the ornamented state liveries and harnesses designed for use with the similarly appointed state coaches. The maintenance and provision of modern motor vehicles
484-794: Is a department of the Royal Household). The first set of stables to be referred to as a mews was at Charing Cross at the western end of The Strand . The royal hawks were kept at this site from 1377 and the name originates from the fact that they were confined there at moulting time ("mew" being derived from the French verb "muer", to moult). In the Tudor Period, the Royal Stables were located in Lomesbury (present-day Bloomsbury ). In 1534 they were destroyed by fire, whereupon
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#1732772056218528-432: Is as much a part of the work of the Royal Mews as that of carriages and horses. Edward VII first established a garage in the Mews in the early years of the twentieth century. The principal official cars are all painted in black over claret (known as Royal Claret). They are driven, cared for and maintained by a number of chauffeurs, who are based in the Mews and work under the head chauffeur (who, along with his deputy,
572-734: Is not open to the public. There is a working Royal Mews at Windsor Castle where the Ascot carriages are normally kept, together with vehicles used in Windsor Great Park . Some horses for riding (rather than driving) are also stabled here. At Holyrood , the Royal Mews (situated in Abbey Strand) is one of the oldest parts of the Palace, and is still pressed into service whenever royal carriages are used in Edinburgh. Historically,
616-454: Is primarily responsible for driving the monarch). The five principal state cars are without number plates . They comprise: The following vehicles, used for less-formal occasions and as support vehicles, are similarly painted in the royal claret and black livery: Land Rovers , luggage brakes and people carriers are also kept at the Royal Mews. A number of electric vehicles have been acquired since 2012, for various purposes, ranging from
660-517: Is said that he was not above planting dead trees to create the mood he required. Kent's only downfall was said to be his lack of horticultural knowledge and technical skill (compared to those such as Charles Bridgeman , whose impact on Kent is often underestimated). Nevertheless, his naturalistic style of design was his major contribution to the history of landscape design. Claremont, Stowe, and Rousham are places where their joint efforts can be viewed. Stowe and Rousham are Kent's most famous works. At
704-455: The British royal family . In London these stables and stable-hands' quarters have occupied two main sites in turn, being located at first on the north side of Charing Cross , and then (since the 1820s) within the grounds of Buckingham Palace . The Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, includes an extensive display of royal carriages and other associated items, and is open to the public for much of
748-494: The National Gallery which opened in 1838. The present Royal Mews is in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, to the south of Buckingham Palace Gardens , near Grosvenor Place. In the 1760s George III moved some of his day-to-day horses and carriages to the grounds of Buckingham House , which he had acquired in 1762 for his wife's use. The Riding School , thought to be by William Chambers , dates from this period (it
792-531: The National Maritime Museum , Greenwich . In his own age, Kent's fame and popularity were so great that he was employed to give designs for all things, even for ladies' birthday dresses, of which he could know nothing and which he decorated with the five classical orders of architecture. These and other absurdities drew upon him the satire of William Hogarth who, in October 1725, produced
836-402: The state motor cars . Coachmen, grooms, chauffeurs and other staff are accommodated in flats above the carriage houses and stables. The complement of horses in the Royal Mews today includes around a dozen Windsor Greys and eighteen Cleveland Bays . The horses are regularly exercised in the art of pulling carriages (which is one of the reasons for the continuing use of horse-drawn transport for
880-539: The King, Henry VIII , decided to rebuild the Charing Cross mews as a stables (the hawks having been given alternative accommodation). It kept its former name when it acquired this new function. On old maps, such as the "Woodcut" map of London of the early 1560s, the Mews can be seen extending back towards the site of today's Leicester Square . When George I came to the throne in 1714 he brought with him to London
924-562: The Mews). The coronation that year involved thirty-four coaches and carriages with seventy-eight horses in harness. In 1988 a new state coach was presented to the Mews, the Australian State Coach , built by former Mews employee W. J. Frecklington as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations; it was the first new royal state coach to be built since the 1902 State Landau . At that time, despite
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#1732772056218968-580: The Second World War: for example, sixteen plain Edwardian town coaches were sold off at this time (just one remained , stored away at Windsor; it was later rediscovered, glazed and restored to royal use). A total of nineteen carriages were purchased by Sir Alexander Korda after the war, for use as film props; of these, five Clarences were borrowed back in 1953 for the coronation (to supplement five identical carriages which had been retained by
1012-781: The Treasury buildings in Whitehall (1733–37), and the Horse Guards building in Whitehall (designed shortly before his death and built 1750–1759). These neo-antique buildings were inspired as much by the architecture of Raphael and Giulio Romano as by Palladio. In country house building, major commissions for Kent were designing the interiors of Houghton Hall , Norfolk (c.1725–35), recently built by Colen Campbell for Sir Robert Walpole , but at Holkham Hall (also in Norfolk)
1056-502: The care of the Royal Mews are listed below. A good number are on public display, though not all are kept in London. Most are in regular use, and some (for example, the broughams) are driven on a daily basis. Others (above all the Gold Coach) are only used on great and rare state occasions. The list includes vehicles for personal, recreational and sporting use, as well as those designed and kept for state occasions: In less regular use
1100-552: The ceiling of the church of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi ( Church of St. Julian of the Flemings ) with the Apotheosis of St. Julian . The most significant meeting was between Kent and Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington . Kent left Rome for the last time in the autumn of 1719, met Lord Burlington briefly at Genoa , Kent journeying on to Paris, where Lord Burlington later joined him for the final journey back to England before
1144-615: The context called; he worked on the Gothic screens in Westminster Hall and Gloucester Cathedral . He worked on the house at 22 Arlington Street in St. James's , a district of the City of Westminster in central London from 1743, when it was commissioned by the newly elevated Prime Minister, Henry Pelham . After Kent's death, the work was completed by his assistant Stephen Wright. As
1188-421: The daily messenger rounds between Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace ); they are used for competitive and recreational driving as well as for ceremonial duties. The manure that is produced by the horses is used by the adjacent Buckingham Palace Garden . A few of the carriages stored at the Mews are pictured here in action; several more are illustrated on their own pages (see listing below). Vehicles in
1232-462: The earlier disposals, the Royal Mews still had custody of over a hundred vehicles, with all but a dozen being in working order; the majority were in London or Windsor, with others spread around the other royal residences. As well as being a full-time working facility, the Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, is regularly open to the public. The state coaches and other carriages are kept there, along with about 30 horses, together with their modern counterparts:
1276-698: The early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter , but his real talent was for design in various media. Kent introduced the Palladian style of architecture into England with the villa at Chiswick House , and also originated the 'natural' style of gardening known as the English landscape garden at Chiswick, Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, and Rousham House in Oxfordshire . As
1320-459: The early 19th century it was open to the public. This building was usually known as the King's Mews (or Queen's Mews when there was a woman on the throne), but was also sometimes referred to as the Royal Mews or the Royal Stables. Kent's redesign was a classical building occupying the northern half of the site, with an open space in front of it that ranked among the few large ones in central London at
1364-485: The end of the year. As a painter, he displaced Sir James Thornhill in decorating the new staterooms at Kensington Palace , London; for Burlington, he helped to decorate Chiswick House , especially the painted ceilings, and Burlington House . Kent started practising as an architect relatively late in life, in the 1730s. He is remembered as an architect of the revived Palladian style in England. Burlington gave him
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1408-528: The famous cream stallions which he was wont to use as Elector of Hanover . Bred at the Royal Stud at Hampton Court, these horses pulled state carriages in England for the next two hundred years (except for a hiatus during the Napoleonic wars when George III used black stallions in protest at the French occupation of Hanover). The mews was rebuilt again in 1732 to the designs of William Kent , and in
1452-713: The latter, Kent elaborated on Bridgeman's 1720s design for the property, adding walls and arches to catch the viewer's eye. At Stowe, Kent used his Italian experience, particularly with the Palladian Bridge. At both sites Kent incorporated his naturalistic approach. His stately furniture designs complemented his interiors: he designed furnishings for Hampton Court Palace (1732), Lord Burlington's Chiswick House (1729), London, Thomas Coke's Holkham Hall , Norfolk, Robert Walpole's pile at Houghton Hall , for Devonshire House in London, and at Rousham. The royal barge he designed for Frederick, Prince of Wales can be seen at
1496-530: The lead carriages in state and ceremonial processions; his son and heir Edward VIII moved the grey horses from Windsor (where they had been used for many years by the Royal Family for their private carriages) to London, where they were nicknamed the ' Windsor Greys '. By 1936 motor vehicles were in the ascendency, and following his accession to the throne Edward VIII disposed of several of the more 'day to day' carriages. George VI made more disposals after
1540-435: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Stables&oldid=1143744985 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Royal Mews The Royal Mews is a mews , or collection of equestrian stables, of
1584-594: The monarch's principal residence. Prince Albert used the back mews for stabling his own horses (for riding and driving). By the 1850s there were just under two hundred people employed at the mews, most of whom lived on site with their families. Standing either side of the entrance were official residences (one for the Crown Equerry, the other for the Clerk of the Stables); other staff were accommodated in rooms above
1628-747: The most complete embodiment of Palladian ideals is still to be found; there Kent collaborated with Thomas Coke , the other "architect earl", and had for an assistant Matthew Brettingham , whose own architecture would carry Palladian ideals into the next generation. Walpole's son Horace described Kent as below mediocrity as a painter, a restorer of science as an architect and the father of modern gardening and inventor of an art. A theatrically Baroque staircase and parade rooms in London, at 44 Berkeley Square , are also notable. Kent's domed pavilions were erected at Badminton House (Gloucestershire) and at Euston Hall (Suffolk). Kent could provide sympathetic Gothic designs, free of serious antiquarian tendencies, when
1672-404: The old stables of St James's Palace , which stood where Lancaster House is now, were also sometime referred to as the Royal Mews. 51°29′55″N 0°08′37″W / 51.49873170°N 0.14362900°W / 51.49873170; -0.14362900 William Kent William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect , painter and furniture designer of
1716-671: The second class for painting in the annual competition run by the Accademia di San Luca for his painting of A Miracle of S. Andrea Avellino . He also met several important figures including Thomas Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester , with whom he toured Northern Italy in the summer of 1714 (a tour that led Kent to an appreciation of the architectural style of Andrea Palladio 's palaces in Vicenza ), and Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni in Rome, for whom he apparently painted some pictures, though no records survive. During his stay in Rome, he painted
1760-521: The stables and carriage houses. In 1855 Queen Victoria established a Buckingham Palace Royal Mews School, for the education of the workers' children. Under Victoria's successor, King Edward VII , motor vehicles were introduced into the mews. In 1904 the Crown Equerry wrote to the Office of Works to request the conversion of 'two small coach-houses in the Back Mews' into 'a suitable Motor House [...] with
1804-611: The task of editing The Designs of Inigo Jones ... with some additional designs in the Palladian/Jonesian taste by Burlington and Kent, which appeared in 1727. As he rose through the royal architectural establishment, the Board of Works, Kent applied this style to several public buildings in London, for which Burlington's patronage secured him the commissions: the Royal Mews at Charing Cross (1731–33, demolished in 1830),
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1848-727: The year. It is also a working part of the palace, where horses and people live and work, and where carriages and cars are in daily use supporting the work of the monarch as head of state . The titular head of the Royal Mews is the Master of the Horse (one of the three great officers of the Royal Household ). The executive head is the Crown Equerry , who lives on site and oversees the Royal Mews Department (which
1892-419: Was built to designs by John Nash and was completed in 1825 (though the mews buildings have been modified extensively since). The main quadrangle was laid out with coach houses on the east side, and stable blocks (alternating with harness and forage rooms) on the west. Beyond it, the 'back mews' included accommodation for a veterinary surgeon. When Victoria came to the throne in 1837, Buckingham Palace became
1936-400: Was completed in 1764; the pediment , with sculptural motifs by William Theed , was added in 1859). The main royal stables housing the ceremonial coaches and their horses remained at the King's Mews, Charing Cross; however, when his son George IV had Buckingham Palace converted into the main royal residence in the 1820s the whole stables establishment was moved there. The current Royal Mews
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