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HOUSE IN DEPTFORD IN WHICH PETER THE GREAT RESIDED, 1858. '...A LARGE, SQUARE, BRICK-BUILT HOUSE, SITUATED IN HUGHES'-FIELDS, WAS IN A MOST DILAPIDATED STATE, "THE ROOF ALL BUT FALLING IN." THIS HOUSE IS OF CONSIDERABLE HISTORIC INTEREST, HAVING BEEN OCCU
House in Deptford in which Peter the Great resided, 1858. '...a large, square, brick-built house, situated in Hughes'-fields, was in a most dilapidated state, "the roof all but falling in." This house is of considerable historic interest, having been occupied for a short time by Peter the Great whilst working as a shipwright in Deptford Dockyard in 1689: we therefore snatch it from oblivion by giving an Engraving thereof...Sayes Court - the property of John Evelyn - was, in 1698, hired by William III. for the Czar...The house gloried in a garden which...was "the wonder and admiration of the greatest men of his time"...An opening was made in the dockyard wall - a path broken through the impregnable hedge - and, for exercise, the Czar every morning either wheeled his favourite Menzikoff, or was himself wheeled, in a barrow in every direction over the cherished beds, walks, and borders; trampling in three short weeks all into one general wreck...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858. House in Deptford in which Peter the Great resided, 1858. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
