Queen’s House is a historic building in London, built in a Classical style by architect Inigo Jones in 1614-1635. It was intended as a royal residence but became a property of the Commonwealth after the English Civil War. Later, it was granted to the Royal Naval Asylum and eventually became part of the National Maritime Museum. It is a Scheduled Monument and listed on the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Queen’s House is a historic building and site located next to the River Thames in the Greenwich borough of London, England. Its construction began in 1614, but due to a long period of inactivity, it was not completed until 1635. In addition to its great age, Queen’s House is of great historical interest due to its place in British architectural history as an early example of a building built in an entirely Classical style. Today the building is part of the National Maritime Museum, supported by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Both Queen’s House and its grounds have been designated a Scheduled Monument by the UK Government and the building is listed on the Government’s List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, meaning that changes to the building or its grounds are strictly regulated by law due to the historical importance of the site.
The building was designed by architect Inigo Jones, a highly influential figure in British architecture. Jones was a pioneer in bringing Renaissance architecture, based on the architecture of classical Greece and Rome, from Italy to Great Britain. It is England’s first building built in what is commonly called the Palladian style of architecture, named after the famous Venetian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and drawing inspiration from classical sources, especially ancient Greek and Roman temples.
Construction of Queen’s House, originally intended as a royal residence for King James I’s wife and queen consort, Anne of Denmark, began in 1614 but halted when the Queen fell ill in 1618 and died the following year. Construction was resumed by King Charles I in 1628 and completed in 1635, and the building became a residence for his wife. Its use as a royal residence quickly ended when the King and his court fled London during the English Civil War in 1642, and the building became the property of the short-lived Commonwealth ruled by Oliver Cromwell after Charles I was beheaded by Parliament in 1649.
It then became a residence used for important guests of the government and continued to serve in that capacity even after the restoration of the monarchy. Later, in 1805, King George III granted the Queen’s House to the Royal Naval Asylum, a charitable organization dedicated to caring for the children of men who died at sea. This led to a major expansion of the house over the next few years due to the need for more facilities. In 1934 it was taken over by the National Maritime Museum, who restored the building and used it to house some of the museum’s collections, which the Queen’s House still does today.
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