Queen Charlotte's Cottage

[4] The design is timber-framed with brick infill, which has been attributed to the North German vernacular which the Queen will have recalled from her childhood.

[9] The Picnic Room was painted by Princess Elizabeth (who had been taught botanical drawing by Franz Bauer)[10] in the early 19th-century to represent the interior of a bower.

[13] There is some evidence that Sir William Chambers (who designed the nearby Great Pagoda for Princess Augusta in 1762 and a number of other features at Kew) turned the Queen's ideas into architect's plans.

The most recent thatching was undertaken by Bardsley & Brown Ltd.[16] From 1792 Queen Charlotte kept kangaroos in the rear paddock, until 1806 when it was turned into a flower garden by W. T.

The writer Sir Arthur Helps lived in the cottage on a grace and favour basis from 1867 until his death in 1875.

In October 2021, the building was one of 142 sites across England to receive part of a £35-million injection into the government's Culture Recovery Fund.