Addington Palace

Addington Palace was the second residence for the Archbishops of Canterbury between 1807 and 1897. Located in Croydon it was built for a wealthy mercahnt in 1774 and designed in a Palladian style.
The grounds were landscaped by Launcelot Capability Brown.

Archbishop William Howley, who held the see from 1828-48, commissioned an album of watercolours and drawings from an artist called William Henry Burgess (active 1809-39). The works were to record some renovation works which he was undertaking. In this drawing Burgess shows his interest in landscape and particularly in studies of trees, seen in the detailed sketching of the foliage.He became landscape artist to William IV in 1836 and had perfected his technique by drawing several estates for wealthy noblemen keen to record their land.