Kneller Hall is a grade 2 listed mansion in Whitton, that was built by artist Godfrey Kneller and  is currently home  to the Royal Military School of music. In January 2021 the building was marketed for sale by the MOD. Richmond Council have created a Supplementary Planning Guidance document to guide a future development on the site.

The first house on the site was built by Edmund Cooke between 1635 and 1646. In 1709 the property was purchased by Sir Godfrey Kneller, court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I. He had the original house demolished and replaced by a new building, reputedly designed by Sir Christopher Wren. This second house was known as Whitton Hall, after the village, but was renamed by Kneller’s widow, in memory of her husband.

From 1850 to 1856 Kneller Hall served as a teacher training college. In exchange for a two-year college education almost entirely subsidised by the state graduates of the college were supposed to teach pauper and delinquent boys in specially built district schools.

On 3 March 1857 the building was taken over by the War Office as the base for a school for army bandsmen; it then evolved into the Royal Military School of Music. 

On 18 January 2016 the MOD announced that Kneller Hall was to be sold as part of the MoD’s drive for greater efficiency.