Whitehall Palace

Has been described as a Certain Palace (Bishop/Royal)

There are masonry footings remains

NameWhitehall Palace
Alternative NamesYork Place
Historic CountryLondon and Middlesex
Modern AuthorityLondon Borough of Westminster
1974 AuthorityGreater London
Civil ParishCity Of Westminster

York Place, the London residence of the Archbishops of York, was rebuilt by Wolsey between 1514 and 1529, and used as a royal palace from 1529 until the late C17 when it was used as an administrative centre. Destroyed by fire in 1968. York Place formed the core of the complex, and Henry VIII bought a series of properties on the west side of the road from Westminster to Charing Cross, upon which he built a number of buildings devoted to cock-fighting, tennis and bowls. A fragment of the Medieval palace remain off Horse Guards Avenue.

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTQ302801
Latitude51.504711151123
Longitude-0.125960007309914
Eastings530200
Northings180100
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Books

  • Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) p. 468, 488
  • Thurley, Simon, 2008, Whitehall Palace: The Offical Illustated History (Historic Royal Palaces)
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 233
  • Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p. 159
  • Thurley, Simon, 1999, Whitehall Palace: an Architectural History of the Royal Apartments 1240-1690 (Yale University Press)
  • Cooper, Nicholas, 1999, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (Yale University Press) p. 190
  • Thurley, Simon, 1998, The Lost Palace of Whitehall (RIBA Heinz Gallery)
  • Thurley Simon, 1998, Excavations on the East Side of Whitehall Palace 1930-1970 (Historic Royal Palace, Yale, London)
  • Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p. 187
  • Thurley, Simon, 1997, 'Whitehall Palace and Westminster 1400-1600 : a royal seat in transition' in Gaimster, David R. M. and Stamper, Paul, The age of transition: the archaeology of English culture 1400-1600 (Oxbow monograph 98; The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 15) p. 93-104
  • Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale)
  • Thurley, Simon, 1991, 'The domestic building works of Cardinal Wolsey' in Gunn, S. and Lindley, P. (eds), Cardinal Wolsey: Church State and Art (Cambridge) p. 76-102
  • James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby)
  • Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p. 300-343
  • Whitaker-Wilson, Cecil, 1934, Whitehall Palace
  • RCHME, 1925, Inventory of Historic Monuments in London Vol. 2: West London (HMSO) p. 125-7, 128 online transcription
  • Jenkinson, W., 1921, The Royal and Bishop's Palaces in Old London (London: S.P.C.K.) p. 48-52
  • Niemeyer, N., 1911, 'Introductory Chapter' in Rait, R.S. (ed), English Episcopal Palaces (Province of York) (London; Constable & Co) p. 17-21 online copy
  • Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol. 1 (London) p. 168-72 online copy

Antiquarian

Journals

  • Thurley, Simon, 1998 Jan, 'The Lost Palace of Whitehall' History Today Vol. 48.1 p. 47-52
  • Green, H.J.M. and Thurley, S.J., 1987, 'Excavations on the west side of Whitehall 1960-2 Part 1: from the building of the Tudor palace to the construction of the modern offices of state' Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Vol. 38 p. 59-130 download copy
  • 1977, 'Sites investigated by the Inner London Archaeological Unit 1974 – 1976' Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Vol. 28 p. 256 download copy
  • Sturdy, D., 1976, 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces: Archaeological Work at the Royal Sites of London' London Archaeologist Vol. 2.16 p. 417-22 online copy
  • 1964, Medieval Archaeology Vol. 8 p. 270 online copy
  • Green, H. J. M. and Curnow, Peter E., 6 June 1963, 'The Palace of Whitehall and After: Tudor and Later Discoveries Made During the Reconstruction of Downing Street...' Illustrated London News Vol. 243 p. 14-17
  • 1962-3, Medieval Archaeology Vol. 6-7 p. 331 online copy
  • Anon, 11 Oct. 1952, 'One of the Few Remaining Parts of the Palace of Whitehall' Illustrated London News Vol. 221 p. 585
  • 1943, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 8 p. 51, 53
  • Anon, 25 Feb. 1939, 'The Excavations on the Site of Whitehall Palace: Wolsey's Great Hall and Interesting Discoveries' Illustrated London News 194:5210 p. 280, 286-7
  • Caborne, W.F., 1917, 'The Banqueting House of the Palace of Whitehall' Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Vol. 3 (ns) p. 447-53 download copy
  • Smirke, S., 1834, 'Notices of the Palace of Whitehall' Archaeologia Vol. 25 p. 113-8

Primary Sources

Other

  • Payne, Naomi, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury (PhD Thesis University of Bristol) Appendix B: List of Medieval Bishop's Palaces in England and Wales (available via EThOS)