2016

TQ4273 : Summer jazz at Eltham Palace

taken 8 years ago, near to Eltham, Greenwich, England

Summer jazz at Eltham Palace
Summer jazz at Eltham Palace
Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham, acquired the site in 1295. He seems to have rebuilt the manor house, and constructed a defensive perimeter wall of stone and brick within the line of the moat. Bek presented the manor to the future Edward II in 1305, though he lived there until his death in 1311. Both Edward and his father had frequently stayed at Eltham. By the early 14th century, Eltham had become one of the largest and most frequented royal residences in the country. Edward III (reigned 1327–77) spent much of his youth there and frequently visited it as king.

Eltham was a favourite residence of Edward IV and it was during his reign, in the 1470s, that the surviving Great Hall was built.

Henry VIII passed much of his boyhood at Eltham, and was the last monarch to spend substantial amounts of money or time there. In the 1530s, however, Henry VIII rarely came to Eltham. He increasingly embellished Hampton Court and also preferred Greenwich, which was more accessible from Westminster by river. Elizabeth I only visited Eltham occasionally. Over the next two centuries Eltham Palace was used as a farm and the buildings were tenanted.

In 1933, millionaires Stephen and Virginia Courtauld were looking for a semi-rural property within easy reach of central London and they took a 99-year lease of Eltham Palace from the Crown. They built a modern home on the site of the 19th-century buildings, while retaining as much as possible of the historic palace, and it is their Art Deco interiors that are seen today.

This is one of the summer jazz concerts on the South Lawn with the South London Jazz Orchestra playing. The Great Hall can be seen behind.

Eltham Palace is now owned by English Heritage.
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TQ4273, 233 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 24 July, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4242 7397 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:26.8090N 0:2.8828E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4241 7396
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