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# 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—originally built by wool merchant Sir John Crosby—that Richard likely plotted his political ascendancy during the Wars of the Roses, finding sanctuary in one of the finest private houses in London at a time when his position at court was precarious and constantly shifting. The building's relocation to Chelsea in 1910, rescued from demolition in the City, has preserved not just architecture but the very space where a future king shaped his ambitions, surrounded by the opulence that befitted his growing influence. What makes this spot uniquely significant is that Crosby Hall witnessed Richard's transformation from regional nobleman to claimant to the throne—making it an intimate stage for one of England's most contested reigns, later deemed important enough that Sir Thomas More himself made this house part of his Chelsea estate, perhaps understanding the historical weight of the walls around him.