28-779: The Richmond Golf Club is a private golf club whose 18-hole course now occupies the historic Sudbrook Park adjacent to Richmond Park , in Petersham , south west London. The Grade I listed building , Sudbrook House, in the park, is now the clubhouse. The Club was founded in February 1891, at a meeting at the Greyhound Hotel in Richmond. It briefly leased a course at Old Deer Park , before moving to Sudbrook Park in Petersham, where it has been located ever since. Without
56-507: A TV lounge and a snooker room. The course also has a pro shop and the clubhouse is available to host weddings and other social events. Sudbrook Park, Petersham Sudbrook Park in Petersham (now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames ) was developed by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll in the early 18th century. Sudbrook House , designed for Argyll by James Gibbs and now Grade I listed by Historic England ,
84-464: A clubhouse initially, the members met in the Fox and Duck public house, which they also used for the changing rooms, before obtaining the lease of Sudbrook Park and House in 1898. German bombs fell on the course in 1940. The club made temporary rules to accommodate this. The club runs a full schedule of friendly and competitive golfing activities. It still runs competitions dating back to the first days of
112-476: A court held in 1637 a customary cottage in Sudbrook, with a parcel of pasture and part of a close, was surrendered by Thomas Cole and John Yeates to the use of John Hewson and William Bell in payment of certain sums to the poor of Petersham, Ham , and West Sheen . About the same time Charles I enclosed Richmond Park . Nicholas Lane 's 1632–1637 map shows that much of the area now associated with Sudbrook Park
140-529: A crowning ceremony at Merton Priory, although the exact nature of this is unclear. The Priory was demolished in 1538, following King Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries , having been valued in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 at a relatively high sum of £960 16 shillings 6 pence. John Bowles alias John Ramsey surrendered the monastery of 14 canons on 16 April 1538. Much of
168-507: A military career from an early age and fought and deterred the Old Pretender ’s troops at the battle of Sherrifmuir in 1715, thus consolidating George I 's position as King. Argyll began to purchase much of what became Sudbrook Park from 1712 onwards, firstly 20 acres (8.1 ha) of Petersham field, then, to the south, in 1715 17 acres (6.9 ha) of the former "Hatch Court", the earliest record of which dates from 1562 as part of
196-466: A patient died following the cold water-treatment but the charge was dropped. Charles Darwin was amongst the clients, visiting Sudbrook in 1860. In 1853 the Crown Estate repurchased the freehold, and the lease was held by The Richmond Golf Club from 1891. A private hotel operated at the site from 1886. In March 2016 the freehold was sold by The Crown Estate to The Richmond Golf Club Limited, and
224-399: A rich cornice , over which is a cove with circular lights and panels. The doorheads in the hall are carved with trophies of arms. The doorways in the later hall to the north of the large hall also have carved architraves and heads. There are stairs at both ends of the building with twisted balusters, etc. A double flight of stone steps leads up to both main entrances. A later wing, connected to
252-632: A series of peace conferences culminating in the Treaty of Lambeth in 1217. In 1236 King Henry III held a Parliament at the Priory at which the Statute of Merton was passed allowing, amongst other matters, lords of the manor to enclose common land provided that sufficient pasture remained for their tenants. This was the first recorded statute of the first recorded English parliament. On 1 November 1437, shortly before his 16th birthday, Henry VI had
280-400: A terrace of cottages to the east, towards Ham Gate, one of which, Sudbrook Cottage was, for many years, the residence of writer, playwright and public speaker Beverley Nichols . Merton Priory Merton Priory was an English Augustinian priory founded in 1114 by Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surrey under King Henry I (1100–1135). It was situated within the manor of Merton in
308-502: A timber merchant, the property was reputedly occupied at one time by Nell Gwynn around the time of the birth of Charles II's illegitimate son, Charles Beuclerk , though that would have pre-dated the building's reconstruction. Wigington's descendants sold land to the north to the Argylls which became the kitchen garden of the park, more recently developed as a small residential area called Sudbrook Close. The Wigington family also developed
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#1732787061535336-593: Is considered a fine example of Palladian architecture . The house and its surrounding park have been the home of the Richmond Golf Club since 1891. Sudbrook takes its name from the stream Sudbrook (or South brook), that flows down from the adjacent hill through Ham and Petersham where it joins the River Thames . Sudbrook is first recorded as a hamlet of Petersham in 1255. In 1266 "Gilbert de Suthbrok" and "Geoffrey de Suthbrok" were mentioned in
364-839: The county of Surrey, in what is today the Colliers Wood area in the London Borough of Merton . The priory buildings were situated within the Diocese of Winchester (now in the Diocese of Southwark ) and at the point where the River Wandle was crossed by Stane Street (the Roman road to Chichester ), about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside the City of London . It held cultivated land and pastures there and at other places in Surrey and held manors and other lands elsewhere, as well as
392-484: The manor of Canbury . He was later granted a lease of 30 acres (12 ha) of adjacent land in Richmond Park by George II in 1726. James Gibbs was contracted to design a new home for Argyll and construction was completed by 1728. The house consists of two square wings connected by a large central hall, on either side of which was a portico with Corinthian columns and balustraded parapet. The south portico
420-521: The centre of Sudbrook House is The Cube Room, which is the club's principal dining and function room. The Cube Room is of Baroque style, and as its name suggests, the height (over 30 feet) is the same as the width and length. The interior of The Cube Room is adorned with trophies of arms above the doorways from the Duke of Argyll's military achievements, and the Campbell family coat of arms carved in pine in
448-471: The club, of which notable competitions include: The club has hosted visits from many professionals including, in 1975, Tom Watson playing his first game of golf in Britain. This was the day before playing in and winning his first Open Championship at Carnoustie, beating Jack Newton in a play-off. The course was designed by Tom Dunn in 1896, one of many laid out by him during the explosion of popularity of
476-402: The context of a dispute over endowment of the chaplain between the parishioners of Petersham and Merton Priory . In 1550 there is record of a lawsuit as to the ownership of half a tenement called "Underhylle" and half a tenement called "Sudbrooke". These copyhold premises of the manor of Petersham, included a house and 30 acres (12 ha) of land, meadow, and pasture in Petersham. At
504-651: The estate by purchasing additional land from the crown in 1784. Lord Dalkeith died in April 1750, before his father. Caroline remarried Charles Townshend and was widowed again in 1767. Caroline was created Baroness of Greenwich in 1786. She resided at Sudbrook until her death on 11 January 1794, aged 76. The estate descended to Dalkeith's son, Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch . Henry died at Dalkeith Palace , Midlothian , Scotland, on 11 January 1812, aged 65 and ownership of Sudbrook passed to Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry . On his death in 1819
532-567: The fairways. Following these enhancements, the course was awarded first place in the Golf Inc. Monthly, Renovation of the Year for 2012. The club's clubhouse, Sudbrook House, was built around 1725 by architect James Gibbs , for John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll . It is built of a combination of white Portland stone and dark red brick, and is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of early eighteenth-century English Palladian architecture. At
560-412: The family sold the Sudbrook estate. A copy of the sale catalogue dated 3 August 1819 survives in the archives at Boughton House . The property was purchased by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet who died at Sudbrook in 1842. In 1844 Dr Weiss, then Dr James Ellis, established a hydropathy clinic at Sudbrook Park, which ran for about twenty years. Ellis faced a charge of manslaughter in 1846 when
588-530: The golf club continues there to this day. In 1950 the house was designated as a Grade I listed building . The James Gibbs house in Sudbrook Park is and was sometimes referred to as Sudbrook Lodge , yet, confusingly, this name is also held by a different, 17th-century, Grade II listed building , situated nearby on the A307 road at Ham Common . Rebuilt in about 1680 by Elizabeth Wigington, daughter of
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#1732787061535616-421: The great panel above the mirror. The carved marble chimney is the work of Flemish sculptor Jan Michiel Rysbrack . In addition to the course, there are extensive practice facilities, including: 2 putting greens, a 250-yard driving range with covered teaching bays, and a short-game practice area for chipping and bunker shots. The clubhouse has two bars, one which is reserved exclusively for members, dining rooms,
644-536: The habit of a Merton canon – as was a successor of his, Hubert Walter . It is thought that Walter de Merton studied there in the 1230s; he established a house for Merton scholars in Old Malden , and this eventually was moved to Oxford, becoming Merton College . Edmund of Abingdon wrote some of his Oxford lectures in the peace of the Priory. In 1205, King John sent a canon of Merton as an ambassador to Normandy; Prince Louis of France did penance there after
672-786: The main house by a long narrow passage, extends to the northwards, east of it. An arched lodge stands at the entrance to the park to the north of the house. Argyll and his second wife, Jane Warburton, had four daughters that survived to adulthood but no male heirs. The annex to the west of the house is known as "the Young Ladies House" and was built for them. Argyll died at Sudbrook in 1743. The title and other property passed to his brother, Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll . Sudbrook passed to his eldest daughter and co-heir Lady Caroline Campbell . Caroline married Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith , eldest son and heir apparent of Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch . Caroline extended
700-671: The patronage of churches, in England. Merton canons are the canons in Canons' Teign , Devon. By 1117 the foundation had been colonised by Canons Regular from the Augustinian priory at Huntingdon and re-sited in Merton, close to the Wandle. The priory became an important centre of learning and diplomacy. Thomas Becket briefly studied there around 1130, and later was wont to wear
728-405: The sport in the late 19th century. The current layout of the course consists of six par 3, eight par 4 and four par 5 holes, with a total length of 6,091 yards (5,570 m) and a par of 70 ( SSS 69). Between 2010 and 2012, the course underwent significant renovation, including the construction of 56 new bunkers, as well as improvements to putting greens, tees and the planting of new trees along
756-414: Was amongst the few parts of the new park previously held by the crown; "Sudbrook", "Warren" and "Berrygrove". John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll was the eldest son of Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll . His mother was Elizabeth Tollemache, daughter of Elizabeth, 2nd Countess of Dysart and Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet . He was born in his mother's family home Ham House nearby. Argyll pursued
784-437: Was closed in later with brick walls built between the columns, and now serves as a smoking-room. The hall, now the dining-room known as the "cube room", extends the height of two stories; it has a marble fireplace with a bevelled mirror, over which are the Duke of Argyll's arms. The carved marble chimney is the work of Flemish sculptor, Jan Michiel Rysbrack . The walls are divided into panels by fluted Corinthian pilasters with
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