vegetables. Adam Newton died in 1629 and his executors Peter Newton and the Scottish architect David Cunningham of Auchenharvie rebuilt nearby St Luke's Church. Anne, Lady Halkett was married in 1656 at Charlton House, the service was conducted in her brother-in-law Sir Henry Newton's closet by Mr Robert Gale, the chaplain of Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire. In 1658 the estate was purchased by Sir William Ducie; on his death, in 1680, it was bought by Sir William Langhorne. It passed to his nephew, Sir John Conyers, in 1715, and remained in the family (being inherited by Jane (née Weller), the wife of Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, in 1777). Under their grandson Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson a wing was added to the house by Norman Shaw, in 1877. During World War I, Charlton House was the divisional headquarters of the Red Cross for Greenwich and Woolwich. At the end of the war London's hospitals couldn't cope with the numbers of wounded, so Sir Spencer and Lady Maryon-Wilson made the entire house available to the Red Cross to serve as an auxiliary hospital; it operated from 14 October 1918 to 30 April 1919, with around 70 beds. In 1925 Sir Spencer sold the house and grounds to the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich. The Chapel Wing was bombed during the Blitz and was subsequently rebuilt albeit with non-matching bricks such as were available in the immediate post-war period. Formerly housing a museum and library, the house is now a community centre, and much of the former pleasure grounds now forms Charlton Park, although remnants of the house gardens survive as does a short section of Ha-Ha. The walled gardens and some of the perennial borders were redesigned and re-planted by the landscape designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin in 2003–2004 for the then London, now Royal Borough of Greenwich with perennial meadow planting to the main walled kitchen garden retaining three ancient Prunus app. trees. One of the spaces includes an Amnesty International Peace Garden with planting also designed by Fisher Tomlin. The house is looked after by Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust. Film location In 1996 the house was the main location for the feature film Monarch, released in 2000, produced and directed by local film maker John Walsh. References External links Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust Charlton, London Grade I listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Grade I listed houses in London