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Inigo Jones's plan, dated 1638, for a new palace at Whitehall, which was only realised in part. The Palace of Whitehall – also spelled White Hall – at Westminster was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, with the notable exception of Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire.
The Palace of Whitehall was the creation of Henry VIII, expanding an earlier mansion that had belonged to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, known as York Place. The King was determined that his new palace should be the "biggest palace in Christendom", a place befitting his newly created status as the Supreme Head of the Church of England. [6]
Fort Amsterdam (1625) – The Dutch East India Company asked Jones to design a stone fortification on the Hudson River, which he did, but the fort was built (by Cryn Fredericks) out of wood instead and was torn down in 1790. The Cockpit Theatre, Palace of Whitehall (1629) demolished; Stoke Park Pavilions, Northamptonshire, attributed (c. 1629–35)
Whitehall itself was a wide street and had sufficient space for a scaffold to be erected for the King's execution at Banqueting House. [2] He made a brief speech there before being beheaded. [14] [b] Cromwell died at the Palace of Whitehall in 1658. [3] People gathered in Whitehall to hear Winston Churchill's victory speech, 8 May 1945
Whitehall, City of Westminster: c. 1672: Burned in 1791 Extension and grotto [16] Privy Garden, Palace of Whitehall, City of Westminster: 1673–75 Burned in 1698 Lodgings for the Duke of York [12] St James's Palace, St James's, City of Westminster: c. 1673: Demolished c. 1703: St Michael Bassishaw: Basinghall Street, Bassishaw, City of London ...
New York City: Built for Isaac Vail Brokaw.Was demolished in 1965: Howard C. and Irving Brokaw Houses: 1905: French Gothic: Rose and Stone: New York City: Built for Howard C Brokaw and Irving Brokaw. Was demolished circa 1965: more images: James Bailey House: 1888: Romanesque Revival: Samuel B. Reed: New York City: Built for James Anthony ...
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At the time, Westminster was not heavily built up as it is now, and York Place – later renamed Whitehall Palace – lay within a suburban area dominated by parks and gardens. St. James's Park, across the other side of Whitehall, was a royal hunting ground. [2] Henry's garden was very ornately decorated, as 16th-century visitors noted.