Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge

Tudor building

51°38′04″N 0°01′03″E / 51.634463°N 0.017492°E / 51.634463; 0.017492

Official nameQueen Elizabeth's Hunting LodgeDesignated28 June 1954Reference no.1293481

Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge is a Grade II* listed former hunting lodge, now a museum, on the edge of Epping Forest, at 8 Rangers Road, Chingford, London E4,^[1] in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, near Greater London's boundary with Essex.

History

In 1542, Henry VIII commissioned the building, then known as Great Standing, from which to view the deer chase at Chingford; it was completed in 1543.^[2] The building was renovated in 1589 for Elizabeth I. The former lodge, now a three-storey building, has been extensively restored^[1] and is now a museum, which has been managed by the City of London Corporation since 1960.^[2] Admission is free.

There is a smaller hunting lodge, "The Little Standing", about a mile away in Loughton, part of the Warren, the Epping Forest HQ.

Lodge interior

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England (28 June 1954), "Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge (1293481)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 5 September 2014
^ ^a ^b "Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge". Historic buildings. City of London Corporation. Retrieved 4 August 2016.