North is at the top.
Floor plan whitehall palace gate.
The banqueting house is just to the left of the centre.
Whitehall palace is a former royal palace in the city of westminster london between its rise in the 1530s and its destruction by fire in 1698 it was for much of its existence the largest of the english sovereign s residences.
The main buildings of the palace including the great hall chapel and royal apartments stood on the east side of the road the side of the present banqueting house.
The whitehall palace covered a greater area than the palace of versailles but unlike its rationally planned french.
The banqueting house whitehall is the grandest and best known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting house which were constructed for elaborate entertaining it is the only remaining component of the palace of whitehall the residence of english monarchs from 1530 to 1698 the building is important in the history of english architecture as the first structure to be completed in the.
Oct 31 2014 designed by inigo jones.
Whitehall follows the line of the road marked white hall from the right and continues through the west side of the privy garden.
A retrospective plan of whitehall palace as it was in 1680 by fisher.
The holbein gate and a second less ornate gate westminster gate were constructed by henry viii to connect parts of the tudor palace of whitehall to the east and west of the road.
Plan of ground floor other title.
Horse guards is a historic building in the city of westminster london between whitehall and horse guards parade it was built in the mid 18th century replacing an earlier building as a barracks and stables for the household cavalry later becoming an important military headquarters horse guards functions as a gatehouse giving access between whitehall and st james s park via gates on the.
The reason for the name whalebone court is obvious.
The palace of whitehall or palace of white hall at westminster middlesex was the main residence of the english monarchs from 1530 until 1698 when most of its structures except notably inigo jones s banqueting house of 1622 were destroyed by fire.
The cockpit is the octagonal building near the top left corner.
The stone gallery is shown in the plan of 1670 as a ground floor gallery extending from the.
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The holbein gate was a monumental gateway across whitehall in westminster constructed in 1531 32 in the english gothic style.
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Whitehall palace architecture and history.
Whitehall palace london england current location.
Henry viii moved the royal residence here after the old royal apartments at the nearby palace of westminster were themselves destroyed by fire.
In his biography the writer christopher hussey wrote in his lifetime lutyens.
It was one of two substantial parts of the palace of whitehall to survive a.
