The palace covered the area approximately bounded by (clockwise) Northumberland Avenue, Victoria Embankment, Derby Gate, Downing Street, Horse Guards Road, The Mall. The area was already a centre of government and residence of kings and cardinals when in 1530 Henry VIII ‘acquired’ Cardinal Wolsey’s York Place and modified and extended it to be his White Hall Palace, named for the colour of the stones. Various changes and extensions were made by various monarchs. It suffered badly in a fire in 1691 and again in 1698. Some remained but by about 1750 most of the land had been reused, with only the Banqueting House surviving intact.
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Whitehall Palace
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Queen Mary's steps
Queen Mary’s Steps, Whitehall Palace In 1691, Sir Christopher Wren designed f...
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Haldimand Syndicate
Builders. The brothers George and William Haldimand, along with Alexander Louis Prevost, were responsible for much of the construction of the terraces of Belgrave Square.
Bradmore House
Originally an extension of Butterwick House. This 1866 map shows Butterwick House (opposite St Pauls Church) with Bradmore House as an extension on the north. British History Online has some evide...
George Holliday
We found reference to George Holliday in the obituary of his son, Basil Holliday, MC (1920 - 2006) in the newsletter of the Tylers and Bricklayers Company (18 November 2007): "Basil’s father, Georg...
St Marys Newington clock tower
An early church was demolished in 1720, leaving only the clock tower. The new building incorporated the original large clock tower at the western end. This church including the tower was demolished...
Bolton Gardens, 2
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - W1
W1, Upper Wimpole Street, 2
Westminster City Council Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author, 1859 - 1930, worked and wrote here in 1891. Arthur Conan Doyle Society
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