York Cottage

York Cottage
Former names	Bachelors' Cottage
General information
Town or city	Sandringham Estate, Norfolk
Country	United Kingdom
Current tenants	Sandringham offices
Owner	Charles III

York Cottage is a house in the grounds of Sandringham House in Norfolk, England.^[1]

History

The cottage was originally called the Bachelor's Cottage, and built as an overflow residence for Sandringham House.^[2]

In 1893, it was given by the future King Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales, as a wedding gift to his son Prince George, the Duke of York (later King George V),^[1] who lived there with his wife, the future Queen Mary, after their marriage.^[3] The couple lived there for 33 years until the death of Queen Alexandra in 1925;^[4] their five youngest children were born there.^[1]

George V loved York Cottage, which is said to resemble "three Merrie England pubs joined together." He furnished it himself with furniture purchased from Maple & Co. furniture store. "Too large and too full of footmen to be unremarkable in Surbiton or Upper Norwood, York Cottage in its own context is a monument to the eccentricity of the family who lived there," Lady Donaldson wrote of the cottage.^[4]

Today, York Cottage is the estate office for Sandringham; holiday accommodation and flats for estate employees also occupy part of the building.^[4]

52.8263°N 0.5162°E / 52.8263; 0.5162

References

1. "Norfolk Coast". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
2. Duke of Windsor (8 December 1947). "A Royal Boyhood". Life Magazine: 118. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
3. "York Cottage". 15 July 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
4. Strong, Sir Roy (2 April 2013). "A home fit to make Royal family history". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 March 2015.