Nonsuch Palace
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Nonsuch Palace was a Tudor royal palace, commissioned by Henry VIII in Surrey, England, and on which work began in 1538. Its site lies in what is now Nonsuch Park on the boundary of the borough of Eps
Detail of Georg Hoefnagel's 1568 watercolour of the south frontage of Nonsuch Palace
An early 17th-century depiction of Nonsuch Palace
Detail of Nonsuch Palace from the North East, circa 1666–1679, attributed to Hendrick Danckerts
These reliefs in the Lumley Chapel in nearby Cheam are believed to be the only surviving depictions of the Nonsuch Palace interiors.
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, was an English royal mistress of the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of Engl
Nonsuch Palace
…was unwise, for there was no nearby supply of water suitable for domestic use. The palace remained standing until 1682–3, when it was pulled down by Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine, mistress to Charles II, to sell off building materials to pay for her gambling debts. Nonsuch Palace, near Cheam, Greater London, was perhaps the…
Portrait attributed to John Greenhill. Dated to no later than 1676.
Barbara Palmer's lack of fortune limited her marriage prospects
Portrait by Sir Peter Lely (c. 1666)
Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, circa 1705, by Sir Godfrey Kneller