Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retrea
The terrace and gardens of Osborne House
Queen Victoria's bathing machine (restored)
The private beach at Osborne House, where Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children swam from bathing machines
The Pavilion Wing from the south-west
The Royal Pavilion and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Princ
Osborne House
…whose company also built the pre-1913 main façade of Buckingham Palace. The couple paid for much of the furnishing of the new house from the sale of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. The Prince Consort participated directly in laying out the estate, gardens and woodlands, to prove his knowledge of forestry and landscaping…
View of the Royal Pavilion
The richly decorated Banqueting Room at the Royal Pavilion, from John Nash's Views of the Royal Pavilion (1826)
The ceiling of the Music Room at the Royal Pavilion
Grand Saloon at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton from John Nash's Views of the Royal Pavilion (1826)