Charlton House
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Charlton House is a Jacobean mansion in Charlton, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Built between 1607 and 1612, it is widely regarded as one of the finest and best-preserved
Charlton House, London
The entrance
Holland House
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Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was an early Jacobean country house in Kensington, London, situated in a country estate that is now Holland Park. It was built in 1605 by the diplomat S
Charlton House
…examples of Jacobean domestic architecture in England, and the only complete Jacobean mansion surviving in Greater London following the destruction of Holland House during the Second World War. The house was built for Sir Adam Newton, Dean of Durham and tutor to Prince Henry, eldest son of King James I. Now managed…
Joseph Addison, portrait circa 1703–1712 by Godfrey Kneller
Plaque displayed in Edwardes Square
Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
A photograph staged for propaganda purposes, showing the bombed library at Holland House in 1940