Asgill Lodge was built in 1756 by William Walmsley, who lived on Richmond Green. Originally of modest proportions, it was significantly enlarged 60 or so years later by the owner of Asgill House who, by then, had also acquired the Lodge. Between 1851 and 1881 it was leased to Miss Eliza Langham who, in her later years, was described as ‘a lunatic’ – presumably a form of dementia.
The rear garden is on the site of the Clerk of Works’ yard for the Tudor Palace. The garage was a later addition, in 1915 and the remains of a Tudor arch, possibly from the gatehouse, were found during its construction.
A little further up the Lane you come to Garage Cottage which was built in 1916. The Asgill House chauffeur, Mr Belchamber, lived there until the late sixties and became the caretaker for Asgill House when it was unoccupied.
