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St James's Palace
St James's Palace is a Tudor royal palace in the City of Westminster, London, built principally in the 1530s. It is organised around four enclosed courtyards and is best known for its red-brick north gatehouse with crenellated octagonal towers and a prominent clock; it remains a working royal palace and ceremonial centre.
First raised
1536
Its prime
1698
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1698
The shape it held in its prime.
A long red-brick range of two- and three-storey buildings with crenellated parapets and tall brick chimneys, punctuated by a four-storey north gatehouse with twin octagonal, crenellated towers and a prominent clock set into the gabled upper face. Rows of white-framed windows rhythm the facades, a projecting three-sided bay window breaks the elevation, and low enclosed courtyards sit behind the street frontage. The brick is warm brown-red with darker brick course detailing.
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9 places to explore in 1698.
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Families who held St James's Palace.
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Built by order of Henry VIII in the 1530s; a residence of the Tudor monarchs, secondary to Whitehall.
Stuart
A residence of the Stuart monarchs; became the monarch's principal London residence in 1698 after Whitehall Palace burned.
Principal London residence of the first two monarchs of the House of Hanover.
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