Queen's House
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Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery. It was built between 1616 and 1635 on the grounds of the now demolished Gr
The Queen's House, viewed from the main gate
Plans of the Queen's House. The salon is a 40-foot (12.2 m) cube.
The Tulip Stairs and lantern; the first centrally unsupported helical stairs constructed in England. The stairs are supported by a cantilever from the walls with each tread resting on the one below.
Allegory of Peace and the Arts under the English Crown, by Orazio Gentileschi
Palace of Placentia
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The Palace of Placentia, also known as Greenwich Palace, was an English royal residence that was initially built by Prince Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443. Over the centuries it took several dif
Queen's House
…London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery. It was built between 1616 and 1635 on the grounds of the now demolished Greenwich Palace, a few miles downriver from the City of London. In its current setting, it forms a central focus of the Old Royal Naval College with a grand vista…
The Palace of Placentia, after it was rebuilt around 1500 by Henry VII
A sketch of the Tudor era Greenwich Palace, published long after it was demolished, in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1840 (earlier published by W. Bristow in 1797)
An early-17th century painting of the palace (now at Kingston Lacy).
Historic marker on the site of the former palace