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| 1649 |
| | | After the execution of Charles I, Parliament sets about selling the royal estates to raise funds | |
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| 1649 |
| | | Ham House is inherited by William Murray’s daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Sir Lyonel (later Earl) Tollemache | |
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| 1650 |
| | | Richmond Palace is sold, probably as several lots, and within a year the stones and bricks are being carted off by builders for use elsewhere | |
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| 1656 |
| | | Pitcarne dies in 1640 and York House is eventually sold by his family to the Earl of Manchester. | |
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| 1661 |
| | | York House is bought by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor to Charles II. | |
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| 1662 |
| | | The Long Water at Hampton Court (3800 ft long), supplied by the Longford River, is constructed flanked by avenues of Dutch limes aligned on the Quen's Drawing Room and a semi-circular canal at the East Front | |
|  | The Long Water and Grand Avenues
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| 1663 |
| | | Bushy House is built by Edward Proger, in the royal enclosure now known as Bushy Park, by order of Charles II | |
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| 1671 |
| | | Elizabeth Tollemache, now a widow and owner of Ham House, marries the Earl (later Duke) of Lauderdale, member of the Cabal that ruled England under Charles II | |
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| c. 1673 |
| | | The house, later known as Radnor House, is built, probably by John Hooker. | |
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| c. 1675 |
| | | The house of West Hall is built for let, probably by Thomas Juxon, lord of the manor, to be followed by the house of Brick Farm | |
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