The Royal Mews is the mews (stables and in recent times also the garage) of the British Royal Family in London. They have occupied two main sites, firstly at Charing Cross, and since the 1820s at Buckingham Palace. A street of mews houses (Dunworth Mews) in Notting Hill, London, England Mews is a chiefly British term, used in the plural, referring to a certain type of stables with living quarters. ... This article is about the building; for another meaning, see stability. ... Garage has several meanings: Look up Garage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In connection with vehicles, a garage has the following meanings: A building attached to or on the grounds of a residence for storing an automobile (UK: car) A garage that is open on at least 2 sides is... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ... St. ... The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I of England placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria memorial. ...

Charing Cross

The Mews at Charing Cross in 1793.

The first set of stables to be referred to as a mews was at Charing Cross at the western end of The Strand. The royal hawks were kept at this site from 1377 and the name derives from the fact the they were confined there at moulting (or “mew”) time. The building was destroyed by fire in 1534 and rebuilt as a stables. It kept its old name when it acquired this new function. This building was usually known as the King's Mews, but was also sometimes referred to as the Royal Mews, the Royal Stables, or as the Queen's Mews when there was a woman on the throne. It was rebuilt again in 1732, and in the early 19th century it was open to the public. It was an impressive classical building, and there was an open space in front it it which ranked among the larger ones in central London at a time when the Royal Parks were on the fringes of the city and the gardens of London's squares were open only to the residents of the surrounding houses. The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I of England placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... Strand is a famous road in London, linking Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and the City of London. ... In birds, moulting or molting is the routine shedding of old feathers. ...

Buckingham Palace

Stables in the Royal Mews

The present Royal Mews is in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, to the south of Buckingham Palace Gardens, near Grosvenor Place. Download high resolution version (500x673, 51 KB)Stables in the Royal Mews. ... Download high resolution version (500x673, 51 KB)Stables in the Royal Mews. ... Buckingham Palace Gardens are the Queens back garden. ...

In the 1760s George III moved some of his day-to-day horses and carriages to the grounds of Buckingham House, which he had acquired in 1762 for his wife's use, but the main royal stables housing the ceremonial coaches and their horses remained at the King's Mews. However when his son George IV had Buckingham Palace converted into the main royal residence in the 1820s the whole stables establishment was moved. The old Mews at Charing Cross was demolished and Trafalgar Square was built on the site. The current Royal Mews was built to designs by John Nash and were completed in 1825. They have been modified extensively since. George III (George William Frederick) (4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain, and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until 1 January 1801, and thereafter King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria memorial. This principal facade of 1850 by Edward Blore was redesigned in 1913 by Sir Aston Webb .Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch and the largest working royal palace remaining in the world. ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 29 January 1820. ... Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. ... John Nash (1752 – 13 May 1835) was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The Royal Mews is open to the public on certain days. The state coach and other carriages are kept there, along with about 30 horses.

There is also a Royal Mews overlooking Hampton Court Green near Hampton Court, but it is not open to the public. The old stables of St James's Palace, which stood where Lancaster House is now, where also sometime referred to as the Royal Mews. The clock tower straddles the entrance between the inner and outer courts Hampton Court Palace is a former royal place on the north bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames about 12 miles (19 km) southwest and upstream of Central London, nowadays open to... Main entrance of St Jamess Palace, London St Jamess Palace is one of Londons oldest and most historic palaces. ... Lancaster House is a mansion in the St Jamess district in the West End of London. ...

External link

• Royal Mews - official site