Report - Doughty House - Richmond - Feb 2018

[Urbex_tom_]

Built in the 18th century, Doughty House is a large house on Richmond Hill in Surrey, England. The house has amazing views over the Thames and central London can be seen in the distance. The house is named after Elizabeth Doughty, who lived there from about 1786.

A 125-foot-long gallery was added in 1885 for the very important family art collection. It housed a considerable collection of paintings including works by Titian and El Greco.

Both the house and gallery are Grade II listed, and planning permission for renovation with some alterations has been granted. The house was put on the market in 2012 with a guide price of £15 million.

Today it is currently being transformed into a 100 million palace.

I visited on a bad day and was caught by a construction manager and asked to leave. It was a first for me and In so lucky he didn't call the police.


The view from the front.

The view from the back of the gallery.

The entrance hallway.

The amazing curly wurly gates.

The cellar.

The main room downstairs.

The staircase.

Upstairs bedrooms

The view of the gallery from a room on the second floor.

I was unfortunately not able to get into the gallery as i was caught and escorted out.

So instead here are some pictures of the plans for redevelopment.

Credits - The Metro


Thanks for looking.

 

[mrwhite]

nice, gallery is the best part of it, which is a real shame u didnt get to see it

 

[Ferox]

That's gone down hill. What a shame.

 

[Urbex_tom_]

nice, gallery is the best part of it, which is a real shame u didnt get to see it

Yeah I was quite annoyed how i didn't see the real jewel of the house.

 

[Urbex_tom_]

That's gone down hill. What a shame.

Hopefully not for long