The Gatehouse website record for Pyrgo Palace

In the civil parish of Havering. In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of London Borough of Havering, 1974 county of Greater London).

Site of Pyrgo Palace. Trial excavations in 1973 revealed walling foundations, along with a heavy scatter of C16 brick. The layout of the palace is unclear, although it included a chapel with burials which were translated before the chapel and wings were demolished circa 1778. The remainder of the house was demolished in 1814. In 1544 or ‘45, Henry purchased Pyrgo as a second residence and as an alternative to the ageing Havering (qv), but by the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign it passed back into private hands, being given by her to Lord John Grey, uncle of the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ520939

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 411661
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