The Marble Hill estate transfers to English Heritage

A terrible fire destroys much of the King's State Appartments, third floor and roof of the South Front of Hampton Court

Pope's Villa becomes St James Independent School for Boys.

Designed by Gordon Wilson, and replacing 26 individual glasshouses, the Princess of Wales Conservatory is opened by Diana, Princess of Wales.

The English National Ballet evolves from London's Festival Ballet

French ballerina Sylvie Guillem moves from Paris to join the Royal Ballet in London

The old marshalling yards of Kew Gardens station are turned into a housing estate

The Conservative government's poll tax is greeted with violent riots in London and a campaign of non-payment

The Palm House officially reopens, after being completely refurbished between 1952 and 1959; then taken down and rebuilt between 1985 and 1988, followed by the return of the plants.

Russian dancer Irek Mukhamedov leaves the Bolshoi company to join the Royal Ballet in London

New North Stand opens at Twickenham rugby ground.

Alan Bennett's play The Madness of George III is performed at the National Theatre in London

Mark Edwards re-establishes traditional boatbuilding at the Richmond Bridge boathouses., next door to Stan Peasley, the last of the traditional watermen/boathirers

After years of restoration and re-interpretation the King's State Apartments at Hampton Court reopen in July 1992

Millennium Approaches, the first part of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, is premiered in London

Rachel Whiteread's Untitled (House) is a concrete cast of the interior of a house in London's East End

New East Stand opens at Twickenham rugby ground.

The Stables Gallery is opened in the stables of Orleans House

The restored Privy Garden at Hampton Court is opened following extensive archaeological excavations and meticulous investigation beneath the hugely overgrown predecessor garden, matching in with the newly restored South Front after the fire

A new extension to the Public Record Office building in Kew is completed. All the PRO’s records are now in one place and Chancery Lane is closed

New West Stand opens at Twickenham rugby ground increasing capacity to 75,000.

Garrick's Temple is restored and opens to the public and houses an exhibition on David Garrick's life

John Madden directs Shakespeare in Love, a romantic comedy set in Elizabethan London

The lawn and gardens surrounding Garrick's Temple are re-landscaped and replanted to replicate something of its appearance in Garrick's day

Kingston Bridge is again widened to include two bicycle lanes, a bus lane and wider pavements