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1700
 
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The Banqueting House at Hampton Court is built with carving by Grinling Gibbons and a painted interior which is the work, at least in part, of Antonio Verrio See in Google maps   
Ceiling of Queen Anne's Drawing Room, by Verrio

c. 1700
 
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The original medieval Milbourne House is largely rebuilt See in Google maps   
Milbourne House, in Barnes

1703
 
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The Mortlake Tapestry workshops are closed See in Google maps   
1703
 
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Work begins on a house for Richard Hill, brother of Queen Anne's confidante Mrs Masham, which is named for two stone trumpeters either side of the portico See in Google maps   
Trumpeters' House


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1709
 
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Sir Godfrey Kneller buys and demolishes an earlier house and builds a new house, Whitton Hall, which is later known as Kneller Hall, on the site. See in Google maps   
Kneller Hall, Whitton


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c. 1710
 
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James Johnston, Secretary of State for Scotland, commissions John James to design his new house, to become known later as Orleans House. See in Google maps   
1713  April 9
 
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Nave and chancel of St Mary's Church collapse leaving only the fifteenth-century tower, itself the survivor of an earlier building. See in Google maps   
1713
 
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Edward Proger dies in Bushy House at the age of 96 See in Google maps   
1713
 
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The Diana or Arethusa Fountain, decorated with bronze sculptures by Hubert Le Sueur, is placed in the centre of the round pond in Bushy Park See in Google maps   
1714
 
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The first St Anne's church is built on Kew Green. See in Google maps