Tennis Courts (Site of Montague House) (London)

United Kingdom / England / Westham / London
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Here lived Caroline of Brunswick, uncrowned Queen, whose bitter divorce case with George IV made her the leading celebrity of her day. Montague House was caricatured as a brothel in political cartoons and quickly demolished once its famous resident was no longer around. Scant remains visible in Greenwich Park include an uncomfortable-looking tiled sunken bath.

Across Blackheath to the south was the house's detached garden of which the extraordinary mock pagoda still stands.
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Coordinates:   51°28'21"N   -0°0'3"E
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