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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 ...
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
Palace in Brussels dating back to 1783. The Royal Palace of Brussels is the official palace of the Sovereign of Belgium, However it is not used as a royal residence, as the king and his family live in the Royal Castle of Laeken on the outskirts of Brussels. [59] Bruxels April 2012-4: 38 Palazzo Pitti Italy: Florence: 32,000 square metres ...
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 was created under Henry VIII and was expanded and improved under his successors, but lost its royal patronage after the Palace of Whitehall was almost ...
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