Henry VIII in 100 Objects: Remains of Whitehall Palace – Site of Henry VIII’s Tudor Palace

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Henry VIII’s Whitehall Palace contained 1,500 rooms and was considered the largest palace in Europe during the Tudor period. It stretched along the embankment of the River Thames and towards Downing Street to the west and northwards towards Charing Cross. Henry’s wine cellar still exists beneath the Ministry of Defence building and on the Victoria Embankment side, there exists the remains of a terrace wall from Whitehall Palace that projected 70 feet into the River Thames and was 280 feet long. This terrace enabled barges to disembark members of the Royal Family from state barges so that they could access the state apartments of the palace. There were two curved flights of steps at each end of the terrace and this is the northern stairwell which was excavated in 1939, together with a section of the Tudor Palace river wall. The steps are known as Queen Mary’s steps and was built by Sir Christopher Wren in 1691 for Mary II, in front of the Tudor river wall which does exist on this site, but cannot be seen.

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[narcoasa]

That’s amazing! I was RIGHT there and didn’t know about it. Haven’t been able to get back across the pond in 10 years now. Thank you so much for this video! It was wonderful!!

[chriswoodworth]

Henry VIII’s Wine Cellar has an interesting story of its own. It was discovered when MOD Main Building was being built, and was actually moved en bloc by several metres to the north and west, if I remember rightly. Although it isn’t generally accessible to the public (but check out open house days in September), it is constructed very much like the wine cellar in Hampton Court. There are more bits of the Whitehall Palace preserved across Whitehall in No 70, where there walls & windows from a much earlier building are visible in a corridor.

[occultustactical]

Love the fascinating history of British royals.

[moc]

Over in London next month Paul . Will definitely check this out
Got my tickets for Buckingham palace ..
Looking forward to it
Cheers

[alancoe]

Thanks! I didn't know any of it was left. Cheers.

[andreaedwards]

Thank you very much for bringing us this information....really interesting. If only we could time travel.

[paulkendall]

Here is a preview of my book ‘Henry VIII in 100 Objects’


Available in hardback and paperback from Pen & Sword Books, Waterstones and Amazon.

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[carolwebber]

I didnt know anything of this ... its really interesting, thank you.

[MsSmudge]

Are there any ghost stories in the building?

[Sept]

So interesting. Shame thats all thats left.

[tracyhodgkins]

I’ve just been reading about the steps. They were in fact built for Mary II in 1691, so they were nothing to do with Henry VIII.

[rhaenyralikesyoutube]

Cool! I didn't think there was anything left of Whitehall Palace.

[tracyhodgkins]

I knew the wine cellar still exists. I also knew that Horse Guards Parade is Henry’s original tilting ground, but I didn’t know anything else remains.

[shannonvilandre]

I think the spirit of Queen Ann Boyle set the fire to get revenge on King Henry 8 to remove him from history. Like he tried to do to her. 🤔