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Nonsuch Palace is a royal residence built by Henry VIII from 1538 onwards in Surrey, designed as a magnificent Renaissance showpiece that was never fully completed. The palace stood within extensive formal gardens laid out in the 16th century, comprising geometric parterres, water features, and ornamental boundaries that reflected contemporary Continental fashion. The site overlies the medieval settlement of Cuddington, a village that was deliberately cleared and depopulated to make way for the royal project. Today the monument survives as earthworks and archaeological deposits that preserve evidence of the palace foundations, garden structures, and earlier medieval occupation, providing substantial material for understanding both Tudor ambitions and the earlier medieval landscape that was sacrificed for royal magnificence.
Nonsuch Palace, its formal gardens and associated remains, and Cuddington medieval settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017998. View the official record →
Nonsuch Palace is a royal residence built by Henry VIII from 1538 onwards in Surrey, designed as a magnificent Renaissance showpiece that was never fully completed. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017998.
Nonsuch Palace, its formal gardens and associated remains, and Cuddington medieval settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017998.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and later beacon at Tumble Beacon (4.3 km), Camp in Ashtead Forest (5.8 km), Earthworks near St Giles' Church (5.9 km).
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