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Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces , a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties.
The Old Court House is a Grade II* listed [1] house located off Hampton Court Green in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; its origins date back to 1536.The architect Sir Christopher Wren, who lived there from 1708 to 1723, was given a 50-year lease on the property by Queen Anne in lieu of overdue payments for his work on St Paul's Cathedral. [2]
Britain's Palace of Westminster was built in the Middle Ages as a royal residence. It served as the principal residence of the monarch until 1522, when Henry VIII moved his court to the newly acquired Palace of Whitehall. [8] Since that time, the palace at Westminster has been used by the House of Lords, the House of Commons and various courts ...
Hampton Court Palace Gatehouse. Cardinal Wolsey began construction in 1514 of a royal palace on the site of Hampton Court formerly occupied by the Knights Hospitaller, which was continued and expanded by Henry VIII after Wolsey's demise in 1530. Hampton Court Palace went on to become a centre of royal power in the Tudor period.
Hampton Court Palace. Hampton Court Place is a historic palace located on the north bank of the River Thames near Hampton in Greater London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Cardinal Wolsey began construction in 1514 of a royal palace, which was continued and expanded by Henry VIII after Wolsey's demise in 1530.
It is located opposite the Hampton Court Palace's main gate. His days as a fellow of All Souls ended when Wren was appointed Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College , London, in 1657. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] He was there provided with a set of rooms and a stipend and required to give weekly lectures in both Latin and English. [ 17 ]
The clock was installed in 1540 on the gatehouse to the inner court at Hampton Court Palace. It was designed by Nicholas Kratzer and made by Nicholas Oursian. [1] This pre-Copernican and pre-Galilean astronomical clock is still functioning.
Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History (Yale University Press, 2003) Lost Buildings of Britain (Viking, 2004) - accompanying the Channel Four TV series; Whitehall Palace: The Official Illustrated History (Merrell, 2008) Somerset House: The Palace of England's Queens 1551–1692 (London Topographical Society, 2009) Excavations at ...