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Eltham Palace

Eltham Palace is a historic house in southeast London combining the late-medieval Great Hall of a former royal residence with a 1930s Art Deco house built by Stephen and Virginia Courtauld. The site includes surviving medieval fabric—most notably the hammerbeam-roofed Great Hall—together with 20th-century interiors, gardens, a moat and a 15th-century bridge. It is owned by the Crown Estate and managed as a museum by English Heritage.

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First raised

1933

Its prime

1936

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1936

What Eltham Palace looked like in its prime.

A juxtaposition of a high medieval stone Great Hall with a dramatic timber hammerbeam roof and a lower, sleek 1930s Art Deco house attached; the complex sits behind a shallow moat spanned by a 15th‑century stone bridge, with fragments of old curtain walls and structured gardens around it. Inside, light-filled Art Deco rooms with veneered wood, marquetry and a glazed dome sit beside the dark oak of the restored minstrel's gallery and timber screen in the hall.

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10 places to explore in 1936.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Eltham Palace — including 8 interiors: great hall beneath the hammerbeam roof, minstrel's gallery and timber screen, art deco entrance hall under the glazed dome and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach across the 15th‑century bridgeGreat Hall beneath the hammerbeam roofMinstrel's gallery and timber screenArt Deco entrance hall under the glazed domeDining room (Courtauld house)Drawing room with Art Deco fittingsVirginia Courtauld's circular bedroom and bathroomStudy with 'The Sentry' statuetteUpper pet lemur room with hatch to flower roomGardens and the jousting tilt yard

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