What is recorded here

Kensington Palace is a royal residence inside Kensington Gardens where British monarchs lived from 1689 after William and Mary bought Nottingham House to escape the fog and floods near the Thames. Sir Christopher Wren enlarged the Jacobean mansion with corner pavilions, west-facing wings and formal Dutch gardens, while Mary and William kept separate apartments in the north-west and south-east towers. The palace remained a favoured royal home for seventy years, and its state rooms still display works from the Royal Collection beside the private quarters where several royals continue to live.

The National Heritage List for England records Kensington Palace as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Kensington Palace was originally built as a mansion in the 1600s and significantly expanded in the 1700s by King William III and Queen Mary II. It is important as a historic royal residence and a key site in British royal history, now serving as a major tourist attraction and museum.

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