Saint George

 Windsor Castle & Wyatt

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When the Prince Regent (King George IV) wanted an architect to restore Windsor Castle and to provide him with sumptious new rooms for entertaining, he chose Wyatt - often known as Wyattville.

The Windsor Castle we see today is the result of that commission.

The Duke of St Albans, who resided at Hanworth Palace (next to St George's Church), must have been acquainted with Wyatt and the Prince Regent's circle, because he chose Wyatt to rebuild St George's Church, Hanworth Park, after the fire in 1797 that destroyed Hanworth Palace.

There is a watercolour of the interior as finished by Wyatt, which shows a classical Georgian arrangement of the Chancel and, more importantly, much of the ancient stained glass, before it was damaged.

Wyatt was killed when his coach overturned on Hounslow Heath. He and his family are buried in the Churchyard at St George's. Their monument is an Egyptian  xxxx - a sign of immortality.

Little of his work on the church remains. 

 

 

Castle Way, Hanworth Park, Middlesex, TW13