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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 Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining. It is the only large surviving component of the Palace of Whitehall, the residence of
View of Whitehall, looking North, with the corner of Richmond House and its stables, Montagu House and a distant view of St. Paul’s; in the centre, the wall separating Whitehall from the Privy Garden and the Banqueting House; to the left building works on the corner of what is now Parliament Street, beyond the Holbein Gate and Northumberland House.
Depiction of the Palace of Whitehall by Leonard Knijff, with the Privy Garden visible on the left, c.1695. The Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall was a large enclosed space in Westminster, London, that was originally a pleasure garden used by the late Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England.
It is one of the most iconic images of Henry VIII and is one of the most famous portraits of any English or British monarch. It was created in 1536–1537 as part of the Whitehall Mural showing the Tudor dynasty at the Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, which was destroyed by fire in 1698, but is still well known through many copies.
Princess Beatrice was among a host of royals and celebrities who gathered for the re-opening of London’s ... purchased the 580,000 sq ft Whitehall Palace in March 2016 for in excess of £350 ...
View of Whitehall from Trafalgar Square, 1839 Daguerreotype by M de St Croix. This is one of the earliest daguerreotype photographs of England, taken when Frenchman M de St Croix was in London demonstrating Louis Daguerre’s pioneering photographic process during September and December 1839.
Cockpit-in-Court from an engraving by Mazell in Pennant's London, reproduced in the London Topographical Record (1903). The Cockpit-in-Court (also known as the Royal Cockpit) was an early theatre in London, located at the Palace of Whitehall, next to St. James's Park, now the site of 70 Whitehall, in Westminster.