Richard III plaque
Connection to This Location
# Richard III at Crosby Hall Standing before this transplanted medieval mansion on the Thames, you're witnessing the very halls where Richard III took refuge during his turbulent rise to power in the 1470s, when Crosby Hall served as his London residence and power base. It was within these walls—or...
Location
Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, SW3
Inscription
Crosby Hall originally stood in Bishopsgate in the City of London and was transferred to this site under threat of demolition in 1910. It formed part of Crosby Place built in th 15th century for Sir John Crosby, a wealthy wool merchant, and after him was occupied by King Richard III. It later passed to Sir Thomas More on whose estate in Chelsea it has come to rest.