The Treaty House through time
The Crown and Treaty House started life in the 16th century as a larger building, The Place, or Place House. According to an 1828 history of Uxbridge, the house 'stood in the centre of a large garden. The high road [passed] through nearly the middle of the grounds.'
Place House belonged to the Bennet family in the 1630s, and was occupied by a Mr Carr in 1645.
The house passed to the Wentworth Garneys in 1689, Charles Gostlin in 1724 and later Doctor Thorold.
The central wing of the house was demolished in the 18th century.
A view of Uxbridge looking south from the River Colne, c1800. Place House had by then changed its name to The Crown.
In 1924 panelling was removed from one room and installed in the Empire State Building, New York. It was returned to the Queen as a coronation gift, then re-installed.
The Crown and Treaty House as it looks today.
