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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.
A more permanent Banqueting house was built at Whitehall in 1581, costing £1,744-19 shillings. [9] Raphael Holinshed described the building, with its timbered structure covered with canvas painted in imitation of stone, and a painted ceiling including the queen's devices and heraldry.
James VI and I began building a new Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace in 1607, probably designed by Robert Stickells. [6] [7] A model for the roof was made by a Scottish designer, James Acheson. [8] William Portington was the carpenter, and Peter Street made a special augur to hollow out the columns. [9]
Built for Oliver Gould Jennings, there is known as McAuliffe Hall and still standing Conyers Farms: 1905 English Revival: Donn Barber: Greenwich: Built for Edmund C Converse, was destroyed by fire in 1985. Owenoke Farm 1908 Neoclassical: Greenwich: Built for Percy Avery Rockefeller, was demolished in 1935. Greyledge 1913 Greenwich
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [4] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [5]
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)
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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