Aragon House

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Aragon House is a Grade II listed public house at 249 New King's Road, Parsons Green, London. [1]

It was built in 1805–06, but the architect is not known. [1]

Aragon House gets its name from having been the site of a dower house belonging to Queen Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. [2]

Aragon House and Gosford Lodge were built on the site of a villa that the author Samuel Richardson lived in from 1756 until his death in 1761. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Aragon House (1286614)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. "History". Aragon House. Aragon House. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  3. Weinreb, Ben (2009). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 627. ISBN   978-1405049252.

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