Floor Plan Whitehall Palace Gate

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.

Floor plan whitehall palace gate. The stone gallery is shown in the plan of 1670 as a ground floor gallery extending from the. The holbein gate was a monumental gateway across whitehall in westminster constructed in 1531 32 in the english gothic style. 29 march 1869 1 january 1944 was an english architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era he designed many english country houses war memorials and public buildings. 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.

The banqueting house is just to the left of the centre. 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. Whitehall palace london england current location. In his biography the writer christopher hussey wrote in his lifetime lutyens.

See more ideas about whitehall palace british history. Henry viii moved the royal residence here after the old royal apartments at the nearby palace of westminster were themselves destroyed by fire. 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. Entering the palace by whitehall gate one arrived in the great court sometimes called the cloister court or whalebone court through which was the passage to the hall the chapel and the water gate.

The reason for the name whalebone court is obvious. Whitehall follows the line of the road marked white hall from the right and continues through the west side of the privy garden. North is at the top. 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.

It was one of two substantial parts of the palace of whitehall to survive a. The cockpit is the octagonal building near the top left corner. Sir edwin landseer lutyens om kcie pra friba ˈ l ʌ t j ə n z. Whitehall palace architecture and history.

Plan of ground floor other title. London greater london england united kingdom description of work. The whitehall palace covered a greater area than the palace of versailles but unlike its rationally planned french.