Trumpeters' House

A brick mansion, it was constructed during the reign of Queen Anne during the early eighteenth century.

In the early eighteenth century the former middle gate of the palace was demolished and the house erected in its place around 1708.

In 1848 the Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich resided at the house after going into exile following the Revolutions of 1848 that shook Continental Europe that year.

After visiting Metternich there, future British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli described it as "on Richmond Green the most charming house in the world".

[6] A gazebo at the far end of the gardens by the towpath of the Thames was constructed in the mid-eighteenth century and is itself Grade II listed.

Front of the house from Old Palace Yard .
Close-up of the entrance to the stucco house.
The gazebo in the house's gardens.
Portrait of Prince Metternich by Thomas Lawrence . Metternich stayed at the house in 1848–49.