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  2. Palace of Whitehall - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Banqueting House - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Ministry of Defence Main Building - Wikipedia

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    The building is located on the site of the Palace of Whitehall, which was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698 when most of its structures were destroyed by a fire. Despite some rebuilding, financial constraints prevented large scale reconstruction.

  5. Whitehall - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Cockpit-in-Court - Wikipedia

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    A retrospective plan of Whitehall Palace as it was in 1680, by Fisher. The Cockpit is the octagonal building near the top left corner. The Banqueting House is just to the left of the centre. Whitehall follows the line of the road marked "White Hall" from the right and continues through the west side of the Privy Garden. North is at the top.

  7. Cabinet Office - Wikipedia

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    The building connects three historically distinct properties, as well as the remains of Henry VIII's 1530 tennis courts, part of the Palace of Whitehall, which can be seen within the building. The Whitehall frontage was designed by Sir John Soane and completed by Sir Charles Barry between 1845 and 1847

  8. Great Scotland Yard - Wikipedia

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    Great Scotland Yard is a street in Westminster, London, connecting Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall. By the 16th century, this "yard", which was then a series of open courtyards within the Palace of Whitehall, was fronted by buildings used by diplomatic representatives of the Kingdom of Scotland. Over time the land was divided into Great ...

  9. Whitehall Building - Wikipedia

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    The Whitehall Building is a three-section residential and office building next to Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, New York City, near the southern tip of Manhattan Island. . The original 20-story structure on Battery Place, between West Street and Washington Street, was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, while the 31-story Whitehall Building Annex on West Street was designed by Clinton ...