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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.
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.
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]
The Banqueting House, Whitehall; Kew Palace with Queen Charlotte's Cottage and Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens; Historic Royal Palaces is also responsible for Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, the official residence in Northern Ireland of the King. Historic Royal Palaces has managed the London palaces since 1989, and Hillsborough Castle since ...
Whitehall is lined with numerous government departments and offices and is close to the Houses of Parliament. Whitehall is located to the west. Between Whitehall and Main Building is Banqueting House which is the only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall to survive intact. To the north is Horse Guards Avenue.
The Crown, since Henry VIII (1525), now managed by Historic Royal Palace agency Hanworth Manor: Borough of Hounslow Henry VII; Henry VIII; Elizabeth I; also Anne Boleyn and Katherine Parr: Kennington Palace: Kennington: Built by Edward the Black Prince around 1350. Demolished c.1531 to provide materials for the Palace of Whitehall. Kew Palace: Kew
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.
The Grade II listed building was built in 1930 with interiors in the Art Deco style as the Whitehall Theatre; it regularly staged comedies and revues. It was converted into a television and radio studio in the 1990s, before returning to theatrical use in 2004 as Trafalgar Studios , the name it bore until 2020, with the auditorium converted to ...